Medicine.

Date:
[1919?]
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Credit: Medicine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mention the Chief Complications. 1. Pulmonary affections (bronchopneumonia and collapse of the lung) due to extension of the bronchial catarrh. 2. Ophthalmia, otitis media, parotitis. 3. Gangrene of skin or vulva : cancrum oris. Whooping-cough may follow measles; so also may tuberculosis. Chronic endocarditis is an occasional con¬ sequence. Indicate the Main Lines of Treatment. Isolation and careful nursing are necessary, and avoid¬ ance of any exposure to chill while the catarrhal period lasts Tonics are needed in convalescence (Syr. Fer. Iodid., Syr. Hypophosph., 01. Morrhute). If all catarrhal symptoms have gone, cases may be released at the end of three weeks. RUBELLA, ROTHELN, op GERMAN MEASLES. Give a Definition of German Measles. An acute infectious disease resembling both measles and scarlatina, but without marked catai’rhal symptoms. What are its Symptoms ? After an incubation period which may be as long as twenty-one days, but averayes about fourteen, slight catarrhal symptoms (coryza, sore throat) may appear, along with slight fever. This prodromal stage may be absent, and in any case does not last more than half a day. The cervical and occipital glands are at the same time swollen and tender. The rash, which appears on the first or second day, may be the first symptom noticed. It consists of round or oval pinkish spots, slightly raised, and usually discrete, though they may be closely set. It