Manual of diseases of the skin : with an analysis of twenty thousand consecutive cases and a formulary / by L. Duncan Bulkley.

  • Bulkley, Lucius Duncan, 1845-1928.
Date:
1899
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Credit: Manual of diseases of the skin : with an analysis of twenty thousand consecutive cases and a formulary / by L. Duncan Bulkley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fined, without the tendency to assume the cresentic shape; the eruption is also more irregular in its course and development than that of true measles, and is not accompanied by the coryza and the indi- cations of mucous irritation observed in the former, though it is often associated with some throat symptoms. The stage of incubation ranges from ten to twelve days. There is but little constitu- tional disturbance, and patients are often up and around during its entire continuance; it is not in- frequent in adults. The rash more often resembles that of scarlatina than that of measles; it may, how- ever, be of much shorter duration than either of these affections, and in light cases disappears within two or three days after its first manifestation, with little if any scaling. The eruption is liable to be confounded with those mentioned in connection with measles. The prognosis is always favorable, and generally no treatment whatever is required. The disease is supposed to be moderately contagious; it certainly very frequently appears as a mild epidemic, and that more frequently during a time when measles or scarlatina are prevalent. 3. Scarlatina. Scarlet fever is a far more serious disease than either of the two preceding, and occa- sionally proves terribly fatal. The period of incuba- tion is not definitely fixed, and may vary between