ox| 4-12 days | 2d day |Small rose |Slight |6-7 days
| | |vesicles, which |scab of |
| | |do not become |short |
| | |pustular |duration |
-----------+------------+-----------+-----------------+----------+---------+
Typhoid | 10-14 days | 7-14 days |Rose colored | |From
Fever | | |papules elevated,| |21-35
| | |few in number, | |days
| | |limited to trunk,| |
| | |disappear on | |
| | |pressure. | |
-----------+------------+-----------+-----------------+----------+---------+
Smallpox | 10-14 days | 3d day of |Small, round, |9th day |14-21
(Variola) | | fever |red, hard, |scabs |days
| | |papules forming |form and |
| | |vesicles then |about |
| | |pustules, first |14th day |
| | |appearing on face|fall off |
| | |and wrists. | |
-----------+------------+-----------+-----------------+----------+---------+

Other Rashes.--There are so-called "stomach" rashes which are a source
of much worry to mothers. These rashes may appear at any time and they
may be limited to certain parts or may cover most of the body. They may
be bright red, or they may be simply a general discoloration. They may
appear as blotches or they may spread all over, like the rash of scarlet
fever when at its height.

These rashes are of no importance, except that they indicate some
derangement of the gastro-intestinal tract. As a rule they indicate
indiscriminate feeding or overfeeding. Children who have had too much
candy or pastries, or who have been fed things which are unsuited to
their age, frequently develop rashes. Such children should have a
thorough cleaning out; a dose of castor oil is probably the best
cathartic to give them.

The mother may readily learn to know the difference between a rash that
is unimportant and one that indicates one of the eruptive diseases, if
she gives the matter a little careful thought. In the first place a
child who is about to become the victim of o