Brigham City Bugler | 1891-10-24 | Page 2 | Duration of Infection Stages

Duration ot Infection Stages. Tlio duration of the infection stages of various diseases is thus givn by Dr. T. F. Pearse, an English physician. Measles from tho second day of the disease, for three weeks; smallpox from the first day, for four weeks; scarlet fever from tho fourth day, for t.evcn weeks; mumps from tho second day, for three weeks; diphtheria from the first day, for three weeks. Tlio incubation peiiocb, or intervals in-tervals occurring between exposure to infection and the firt symptom.1', aro a3 follows: Whooping cough, fourteen days: mumps, eighteen days; measles, ten days: smallpox, twelve days; scarlet fever, three days; diphtheria, fourteen days. Herald of Health.