The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-13
SCARLET FEVER.

the explosion takes place
SCARLET FEVER.
The Scourge of the Nursery and How
to Treat 1t.
[From the New York TimeeJ
Beside the character common to the
group known as exanthemata, scarlatina
is almost always attended by sore throat,
and the scarlet rash or eruption, which
gives the name to the disease, breaks
out as early as the second day after the
appearance of the fever, and ends on the
sixth or seventh day in the separation of
the cuticle. Nearly all medical writer's
mention three varieties of the disease
scarlatina simplex, in which scarcely any
throat trouble attends the fever and the
rash; scarletina anginosa, in which
throat trouble is more prominent than in
either of the other affections, and scar.
latina msligna, in which the system is
Immediately oyerborne by the violence
of the disorder, and the patient exhibits
great weakness and lois of vitality.
The disease begins with chilliness, lassi-
tude, headache, rapid pulse, dry, hot
skin, flushed face. loss of appetite and
furred tongue. Presently the throat
feels irritated, grows red, and is often
swollen. The small points of the rash
SO increase that the skin soon seems al
most uniformly red, extending from the
face, neck and breast to the trunk and
extremities. The separation of the
cuticle in the scales usually
ends Ia fortnight or more
from the declaration Of the distemper.
The fever continues with the rash is
sometimes accompanied with delirium,
even coma. In the malignant, or third
form, the rash comes out late and par
TALLY, being at times barely perceptible.
At other times it may abruptly recede,
or be mingled with livid spots. The
skin is cold, with feeble pulse and ex-
treme prostration, and death may occur
frequently from blood poisoning a
few hours. In such cases the tongue Is
dry, brown, tremttlot1s the thfoat is
livid, swollen, liberated, gangrenotls
breathing is impeded by viscid mucus
that collects about the fauces, and medi-
cine avails little. Even in scarlatina
anginosa there is considerable danger.
It may prove fatal from the infamma-
ton or effusion within the head, or from
disorganization of the throat and slough
ing off of adjacent parts. Teeming
women are in imminent peril from the
mildest phase of the fever. When it
seems to be cured its consequences are
hazardous. Children, to whom it is main
ly confined, of course, are subject after
severe attack to permanent ill-health,
and to some of the many forms
of chronic scrofula, as shown by boils,
sores behind the ears, inflammation of
the eyes, glandular swellings, and stru-
nous ulcers. Scarlatina is often followed
by peculiar dropsy, affecting the SUBJ
cutaneous cellular tissues and larger
serous cavities It occurs, like all the
exanthemata, as an epidemic--some-
times in very virulent type. In the
simple variety, remaining within doors,
non-stimulating diet and regulation OF
the bowels are generally found sufficient
In the second variety, leeches are often
employed. especially where delirium
supervenes. The two principal sources
OF danger in the malignant variety are
from the primary effect of the contagious
poison upon the body and from gangre-
nous liberation of the throat. The final
result is always uncertain. Whether it
is contagious throughout its course, OF
at one period alone, has never been as
certained but that the power Of con.
tagion remains in clothing, furniture,
ETC., is unquestioned and unquestion,
able. A-s
Simon CamerOn's First Geography.
Yesterday an old gentleman who
knows much of his early history gave
me one incident as specimen of how he
began life. "Gen. Cameron's mother"
said the old friend, "was a great woman.
She labored for her children with zeal
and energy OF which few beings are cap
able, and it was her teaching and ex-
ample, as well as native mental force,
which marked the life of her boys with
those strong characteristics which have
enabled them to make their mark In
life. The old storekeeper in Maytown,
the little hamlet in Lancaster county
where Gen. Cameron was born" said
my informant, "often told Of his struggle
for his first book in geography. He was
only 8 or 9 years old when he became
far enough advanced in elementary edu-
cation to study geography, and he APP
preached the teacher with the desire of
his heart. The teacher promised if he
could get book to put him in the class,
but how to get that book was the ques-
ton. It cost ST., and even pennies were
scarce in his home. He consulted his
mother, and they together planned for
the geography. She entered heartily
into her sons ambition. f
CATER three months of effort, enough
Of the odds and ends of the economy
left from the daily demand for bread was
saved up. These were carried to the
country store by the boy who has since
written SO strongly upon the pages of
his country's political history. When
they were weighed and counted the mer-
chant shook his head and said: There
is only IS cents worth, Simon, and the
book costs ST. AS the boy thought Of
the struggle he had made to accumulate
what he had brought, and still the prize
was far away, the tears sprang to his
eyes. The merchant relented, and, tax
ing him by the shoulders, said: Simon.
you are good boy; you can have the
book, and you can pay me the other OF
cents when you get it. He not only
lived long enough, . said his friend, to
pay the 81 cents but to do the man who
thus served his childish ambition many
kipdnesses. Philadelphia Press.
A Dear Husband. c IL
Marrowfat got up unusually early the
other morning, and his wife asked him if
he would go out and buy some eggs for
breakfast, as she had forgotten to order
any the night before. Feeling unusually
good -natured, he answered in the affirm
alive. aa