—Synonyms.—Morbilli; rubeola.
Definition.—An acute, infectious, contagious fever, characterized by a general papular eruption.
Cause.—The efforts to isolate a specific germ which will produce the disease has thus far failed, though many organisms have been found in the secretions.
Pathology.—There is a lack of coagulability of the blood, which is dark in color. The internal organs are congested and softened. The lesion of the skin consists of an acute hyperemia with exudation in the vascular papillae of the corium, the sebaceous and sweat glands.
Treatment.—Bodies rarely die from this cause; the usual immediate cause of death is exhaustion. An injection of half strength fluid for the first part of the injection followed by normal fluid for the balance of the injection, with full cavity injection, closing the orifices is all that is necessary. For transportation, govern yourself according to the provisions of the transportation rules.
Parotitis.
—Synonyms.—Mumps, epidemic parotitis.
Definition.—An acute, infectious, and contagious disease, characterized by an inflammation of one or both of the parotid glands.
Cause.—The specific cause is a contagion generated during the course of the disease, the exact nature of which is not known, although thought by some to be the tetrad of mumps.
Pathology.—The parotid glands become swollen and hard. Death very seldom occurs from this disease.