Measles, diphtheria, scarlet fever, chicken pox, and whooping coughPREVENTIONReading editionChapter navigation36 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPREFACEGENERAL CONSIDERATIONMEASLESCAUSE AND MODE OF SPREADSYMPTOMSCOMPLICATIONSPREVENTIONTREATMENTDIPHTHERIACAUSE AND HOW IT ACTSRECOGNITION OF DIPHTHERIAHOW DIPHTHERIA IS SPREADTREATMENTPREVENTION OF DIPHTHERIABAD EFFECTS OF SERUMSUGGESTIONS OF MEASURES CALCULATED TO ELIMINATE DIPHTHERIA AND ITS DANGERSSCARLET FEVERCAUSEMODE OF SPREADINGEFFECTS OF THE INFECTIONSYMPTOMSCOMPLICATIONSPREVENTION OF SCARLET FEVERTREATMENTCHICKEN POXSYMPTOMSCOMPLICATIONSDIFFERENT FROM SMALL POXPREVENTIONTREATMENTWHOOPING COUGHSYMPTOMSCOMPLICATIONSPREVENTIONTREATMENTPrevious chapter ←DIFFERENT FROM SMALL POXNext chapter →TREATMENTAll chapters and sections (36)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPREFACEGENERAL CONSIDERATIONMEASLESCAUSE AND MODE OF SPREADSYMPTOMSCOMPLICATIONSPREVENTIONTREATMENTDIPHTHERIACAUSE AND HOW IT ACTSRECOGNITION OF DIPHTHERIAHOW DIPHTHERIA IS SPREADTREATMENTPREVENTION OF DIPHTHERIABAD EFFECTS OF SERUMSUGGESTIONS OF MEASURES CALCULATED TO ELIMINATE DIPHTHERIA AND ITS DANGERSSCARLET FEVERCAUSEMODE OF SPREADINGEFFECTS OF THE INFECTIONSYMPTOMSCOMPLICATIONSPREVENTION OF SCARLET FEVERTREATMENTCHICKEN POXSYMPTOMSCOMPLICATIONSDIFFERENT FROM SMALL POXPREVENTIONTREATMENTWHOOPING COUGHSYMPTOMSCOMPLICATIONSPREVENTIONTREATMENTThe only means of prevention is the isolation of the sick person until all the scabs have separated.◇← DIFFERENT FROM SMALL POXTREATMENT →