The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-05-27
HOW DANGER Turks
In GERMAN MEASLES
Itself Comparatively Harmless
1t Often serves as Deadly
Disguise Tor Real Meas
les and Scarlet Fever.

and dppaI tAitA9 A.t' ti'-
ment comes tapping at your door this
spring, and says 4 am German
Measles,r don't you take anybodys
word for ii except that of your ply
sigian-
German Measles" whose other
name is eRubella, is a mild-man-
nerea fellow himself, who will likely
not do You any hagm, but there are a
couple Of grand rascals masaaerad-
ing in his eaIse, and il one Of them
gets Into your house there may be
trouble One ii them is named true
measles and the other is scarlet te-
yer. Both are ezceediagly dangerous
guests. according 10 the G9orsia
State Board Of Health, and peye ri
ten accomplished t6eir most are ri
suits when earelessly mistaken fof
rebella
OF course nobodl s2ents @ have
German measles II can hcip i,
and when the disease breaks put IN a
community, the state Board 81 llealth
urges that all the regular preeaptiori!s
against any epiaemie Pc galsep baat
the principal danger lles "a tAe' iaS
that, the other more serlDus tliAeaseF
may be mistaken forlIit d
Fer many years eiernliin tflea lesf
which is sometimes also callfld
French measles Or roseola, was eop1
fused even By physicians With meas ll'l 81
les and scarlet fever. as The SKIN
eruption sometimes resen bles ths one
Iand sometimes, the ether But Ger
man measles is now recognized az
an entirely separate and distinct dis
ease, which bears no rotation what
ever to the regular measles or scarlet
fever
1t is Highly Contagious.
While not dangerous disease as
compared with the two latter men
toned, German measles is highly con
tagous and persons attacked with y
suffer from many Of the unpleasant
symptoms that accompany true meas
les. Single cases arc seldom seen
The disease usually makes its appear
ance in community in epidemic
form. The winter and spring months
are the usual times. German measles
can be communicated during the en-
tire course Of the disease, but Is most
contagious during the earlier stages.
The only persons immune are infants
under six months, and persons VINO
have already had it. The fact mat
Won NAV have had measles before,
| gives YOU no immunity from German
measles, nor does an attack Of Ger
man measles protect you from meas
les germs in the future.
The first thing to do in . case oil
German measles is to make sure
that it is really German measles. =
simple method Of diagnosis. after the
rash appears, is to see IL the glands
at the back Of The neck are enlarged.
If thew are, it is probably German
measles. But this mode Of diagposlS
is not always sure and the only safe
| plan Is to have doctor
The diagnosis once established.
there is very little danger from Ger
| man measles. 1t usually runs q milo
course, and if the patient receives
the proper attention during the attack
there will, not likely be any complica-
tons or after effects.
The treatment is simple. The pa
lent should be isolated TO prevent me
spread Of the disease: should be p9t
| 60 bed and kept on a liquid diet, he
/ physician win sometimes prescribe
such drugs as the circumstance may
| demand; or in some cases nc medl'
at all may be needed.