THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MEASLES - Michigan State University

The earliest description of measles is attributed to Rhazes, who went some way in separating the diseases clinically but thought they proceeded from the same cause (Talbot, 1970, p.19). The prevailing theory was that the red rash associated with measles represented the mother's menstrual blood, dammed up during the child's sojourn in the womb. ................
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