62 – Small Pox

*Small is an acute infectious disease caused by VARIOLA VIRUS and clinically characterized by a sudden onset of fever, headache, backache, vomiting and sometimes convulsions, especially in children.

*On the third day of fever, a typical rash appears which is centrifugal in distribution and passes through successive stages of macule, papule, vesicle, pustule and scab with subsequent scarring.

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