Chicken-Pox: «Growing» Up Infection

Vaccinating Fowls for Chicken Pox

The Differential Diagnosis of Small-Pox and Chicken-Pox

Chicken-pox and the Guilain Barre syndrome.

D.H., male, age 9 years 11 months, developed chickenpox in March 1960. He had an extensive rash and showed more general illness at the outset than did his younger brother who infected him. After a week, he complained of headache and pain in his limbs and began to vomit. When he tried to get up, he cried with pain in his legs. These symptoms persisted. When seen for the first time 14 days after ...

Gangrene of digits after chicken-pox.

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Complications and death in chicken-pox.

Three cases of the defibrination syndrome in pregnancy are reported: one occurred in association with abruptio placentae at 26 weeks, another in association with caesarean section for placenta praevia at 36 weeks, and the third in association with jaundice at 38 weeks. In all cases the clotting defect was reversed by the use of fibrinogen and all mothers and babies survived. The importance of t...