TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weaver,George H.
AU  - Fishbein,Morris
AU  - Haldeman-Julius,E.
TI  - Measles, diphtheria, scarlet fever, chicken pox, and whooping cough
T2  - Little blue book health series
AV  - RJ 
PY  - 2026///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Communicable diseases in children
N1  - Author's middle initial given as "E" on front cover; Release date is 2026-03-10; Tim Miller, Franciszek Skawiński and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive); Originally published; Girard: Haldeman-Julius Company, 1924
N2  - Measles, diphtheria, scarlet fever, chicken pox, and whooping cough by Weaver is a concise public-health guide written in the early 20th century. It outlines the causes, spread, recognition, prevention, and basic care of the most common childhood contagions.

The book opens with shared principles: each disease is caused by a specific germ; people vary in susceptibility; carriers and early, often unrecognized stages drive spread; and isolation, hygiene, and, where available, vaccination or testing help prevent outbreaks. Measles is shown as extremely contagious, spreading via respiratory secretions before the rash, with Koplik spots, a catarrhal phase, and risks like pneumonia and ear infection; care is supportive, and passive immunity from convalescent blood can blunt illness. Diphtheria is caused by a toxin‑producing bacillus that forms throat membrane and can damage heart and nerves; early antitoxin saves lives, quarantine lasts until cultures are clear, and the Schick test with toxin‑antitoxin injections builds lasting immunity. Scarlet fever, due to a streptococcus, spreads through secretions and sometimes milk, begins suddenly with sore throat, fever, a bright red “sandpapery” rash, strawberry tongue, and swollen neck glands; complications include ear disease, nephritis, and heart injury; prevention uses isolation plus the Dick test and toxin immunization, with supportive care and occasional convalescent serum. Chicken pox features crops of superficial blisters mainly on the trunk, a long incubation, few serious complications, and is distinguished from smallpox by mixed stages and distribution; isolation continues until all scabs fall. Whooping cough brings paroxysmal cough with a whoop, greatest danger in infants from pneumonia and convulsions; spread is via cough droplets, a vaccine may lessen severity, and treatment focuses on fresh air, easing paroxysms, nutrition, and supportive measures like an abdominal binder. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://archive.org/details/measlesdiphtheri136weav/mode/2up
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78158
ER  -