t sudden, fever, | Contact with discharge |
| excitable, pain on bending | from nose, throat or |
| neck forward, pain on being | bowels of a patient |
| handled, headache, vomiting. | or carrier. |
| Sometimes sudden development | |
| of weakness of one or more | |
| muscle groups. | |
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SCARLET | The onset is usually sudden, | Discharges from nose |
FEVER | with headache, fever, sore | and mouth, suppurating |
| throat, and often vomiting. | glands or ears of a |
| Usually within twenty-four | patient. |
| hours the rash appears as | Milk may convey |
| fine, evenly diffused, and | infection. |
| bright red dots under skin. | |
| The rash is seen first on | |
| the neck and upper part of | |
| chest, and lasts three to | |
| ten days, when it fades and | |
| the skin peels in scales, | |
| flakes, or even large | |
| pieces. | |
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SMALLPOX | Onset sudden usually with | All discharges of a |
| fever and severe backache. | patient and particles |
| About third day upon | of skin or scabs. |
| subsidence of constitutional | |
| symptoms red shot-like | |
| pimples, felt below the | |
| skin, and seen first about | |
| the face and wrists most on | |
| exposed surfaces, develop. | |
| They form little blisters | |
| and after two days more