Chapter II: Part THE FIRST

DESCRIPTION OF SCARLET-FEVER.
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1. Definition--Scarlet-Fever or Scarlatina 13

2. Division of the process of the disease into _Periods_ 13

3. Period of Incubation, or Hatching 13

4. Period of Eruption, or Appearing of the Rash 14

5. Period of Efflorescence, or Standing out of the Rash 15

6. Period of Desquamation, or Peeling off 16

7. Period of Convalescence 17

8. Varieties of Forms of Scarlatina 17

9. _Scarlatina simplex_, or simple Scarlet-Fever 17

10. _Scarlatina anginosa_, or Sore-Throat Scarlet-Fever 18

11. Mild Reaction (erethic) 19

12. Violent Reaction (sthenic) 19

13. Torpid Reaction (asthenic) 19

14. Scarlatina miliaris 19

15. Scarlatina sine Exanthemate 20

16. _Malignant Forms of Scarlatina_ 20

17. Sudden Invasion of the Nervous Centres 20

18. Affection of the Brain 20

19. 20. Affection of the Cerebellum and Spine 21

21. Putrid Symptoms 21

22. Condition of the Throat, and other Internal Organs 21

23. Other bad symptoms 22

24. Destruction of the Organ of Hearing 22

25. Other Sequels, Dropsy, &c. 22

26-27. The _Contagion_ of Scarlatina very active 23

28. _Diagnosis_ 24

29. Diagnosis from Measles 24

30. _Prognosis_ 25

31. Favorable symptoms 25

32. Unfavorable symptoms 26