CHAPTER LXX 



THE MICROBE OF CHICKEN Pox 



THOUGH adults occasionally have this disease, it 

 is properly a child's disease. It is strictly caused 

 by a microbe, and it is contagious. The germ may 

 be carried on the hands, in clothing, and be com- 

 municated from person to person. 



The onset comes in about twelve days after in- 

 fection. There is fever, headache, sometimes 

 vomiting. Red spots appear on the skin, attended 

 with itching. 



The disease is mild, and soon over. Only care- 

 ful nursing is required. 



But prevention is the word. Do not allow the 

 disease to become epidemic. There is not the 

 slightest need of it. Quarantine the first case; 

 and every case. Thoroughly disinfect. Kill all 

 the germs, and the disease is killed. 



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