Scarlet Fever

an acute contagious disease. It is somewhat akin to measles, and, like measles, is peculiar to children, because a first attack protects from a second. The cause is not positively known, but it is due doubtless to a specific organism, that is to say, a minute plant or animal multiplying in the system. It is considered much more dangerous than measles. Especial care should be taken lest the patient take a cold. The hearing of many patients who recover otherwise is permanently injured. During the year 1900, 3,027 deaths were reported in certain areas of the United States from scarlet fever, a slight increase over previous reports. See Disease