|_sore throat_, and a _cough_ | |and the disease |which is _worse at night_. | Breath and |causes great |Symptoms may at first be very | discharges |debility. Relapses |mild. Characteristic | from nose |are apt to occur. |_"whooping" cough_ develops | and mouth. |Second attack |in about a fortnight, and the | |rare. Specially |spasm of coughing often ends | |infectious for |with _vomiting_. | |first week or two. | | |If a child is sick | | |after a bout of | | |coughing, it is | | |most probably | | |suffering from | | |whooping cough. | | | | | |Great variation in | | |type of disease. -----------+------------------------------+------------+------------------ Mumps |Onset may be sudden, beginning| | |with sickness and fever, and | | |_pain about the angle of the | Breath and |Seldom leaves |jaw_. The _glands become | discharges |after effects. |swollen and tender_, and the | from nose |Very infectious. |_jaws stiff_, and the _saliva | and mouth. | |sticky_. | | -----------+------------------------------+------------+------------------ Scarlet |The _onset is usually sudden_,| Breath, |Dangerous both Fever or |with _headache, languor, | discharges |during attack and Scarlatina |feverishness, sore throat_, | from nose |from after effects. |and often the child is _sick_.| and mouth, |Great variation |Usually within twenty-four | particles |in type of disease. |hours the _rash_ appears, and | of skin, |Slight attacks |is _finely spotted, evenly | and |as infectious as |diffused_, and _bright red_. | discharges |severe ones. Many |The _rash_ is seen first on | from |mild cases not |the _neck and upper part of | suppuratory|diagnosed and many |chest_, and lasts three to | glands or |concealed. The |ten days, when it fades and | ears. Milk |peeling may last |the _skin peels in scales, | specially |six to eight weeks. |flakes_, or even _large | apt to |A second attack is |pieces_. The _tongue_ becomes | convey |rare. When scarlet |whitish, with bright red | infection. |fever is occurring