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MEASLES | Begins like cold in the | Contact with discharges |
| head, with running nose, | from nose and throat |
| sneezing, inflamed and | of a patient. |
| watery eyes and fever. | |
| Mulberry-tinted spots appear | |
| about the third day; rash | |
| first seen behind the ears, | |
| on forehead and face. The | |
| rash varies with heat; may | |
| almost disappear if the air | |
| is cold, and come out again, | |
| with warmth. | |
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MEASLES | Illness usually slight. | Same as above. |
(LIBERTY) | Onset sudden. Lymph nodes in | |
| back of neck enlarged. Rash | |
| often first thing noticed; | |
| no cold in head. Usually | |
| have fever, sore throat, and | |
| the eyes may be inflamed. | |
| Rash sometimes resembles | |
| measles and scarlet fever, | |
| variable. | |
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MUMPS | Onset may be sudden, | Same as above. |
| beginning with sickness and | |
| fever, and pain about the | |
| angle of the jaw. The | |
| parotid glands become | |
| swollen and tender. Opening | |
| the mouth is accompanied by | |
| pain. | |
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POLIOMYELITIS| Onse