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- Smallpox
- SYMPTOMS start with high fever, chills and prostration and then may show
- signs of backache, headache and pains in the muscles. Three days later,
- small red pimples appear on the face and in a day or so blisters that fill
- with clear fluid develop.
- CAUSES are transmitted by contaminated clothing or person-to-person. It is
- thought that smallpox has been completely eradicated world wide.
- TREATMENT. Consult your doctor immediately.
- .Medication for itching and fever. Antibiotics, nourishment and rest.