-----------+------------------------------+------------+------------------ DISEASE | PRINCIPAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS | Method of | REMARKS | | Infection | -----------+------------------------------+------------+------------------ Measles |_Begins like cold in the | |After effects |head_, with _feverishness, | |often severe. |running nose, inflamed and | |Period of greatest |watery eyes, and sneezing_; | |risk of infection |small crescentic groups of | Breath and |first three or |_mulberry-tinted spots_ appear| discharges |four days, before |about the third day; _rash | from nose |the rash appears. |first seen on forehead and | and mouth. |May have repeated |face_. The rash varies with | |attacks. Great |heat; may almost disappear if | |variation in type |the air is cold, and come out | |of disease. |again with warmth. | | -----------+------------------------------+------------+------------------ German |Illness usually slight. Onset | | Measles |sudden. _Rash often first | | |thing noticed;_ no cold in | Breath and | |head. Usually have | discharges |After effects |_feverishness_ and _sore | from nose |slight. |throat_, and the _eyes may | and mouth | |be inflamed. Rash_ something | | |between Measles and Scarlet | | |Fever, variable. | | -----------+------------------------------+------------+------------------ Chicken |Sometimes begins with | |When children Pox |feverishness, but is _usually | |return, examine |very mild_ and without sign | |head for |of fever. _Rash_ appears on | |overlooked spots. |second day as _small pimples_,| |All spots should |which in about a day become | |have disappeared |filled with _clear fluid_. | Breath and |before child |This fluid then becomes | crust of |returns. A mild |_matter_, and then the _spot | spots. |disease and |dries up_and _the crust falls | |seldom any after |off_. | |effects. | | | |May have _successive crops of | | |of rash_ until tenth day. | | -----------+------------------------------+------------+------------------ Whooping |_Begins like cold in the | |After effects Cough |head_, with _bronchitis_ and | |often very severe