| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
|---|
| I. | Contagious Maladies | [191] |
| | Symptoms and Treatment of Scarlet Fever—Diagnosis—Duration
of Contagion—Difference
Between True and German
Measles—Smallpox—Cure a Matter of
Good Nursing—Chickenpox. | |
| II. | Infectious Diseases | [221] |
| | Typhoid Fever—Symptoms and Modes of
Communication—Duration of the Disease—The
Death Rate—Importance of Bathing—Diet—Remedies
for Whooping
Cough—Mumps—Erysipelas. | |
| III. | Malaria and Yellow Fever | [247] |
| | Malaria Caused by Mosquitoes—Distribution
of the Disease—Severe and Mild
Types—Prevention and Treatment—Yellow
Fever not a Contagious Disease—Course
of the Malady—Watchful Care and
Diet the only Remedies. | |