On the one hand, I am happy that there IS a protocol for these things in city emergency rooms.
On the other hand, I would have thought that doctors would be able to immediately see the difference between smallpox and "something to be handled by a dermatologist". It would also be nice if the article had told us the NAME of this man's skin malady, if it is that easily confused with smallpox.
To: hellinahandcart; firebrand; rmlew; Cacique; Dutchy; ELS; StarFan
Aie, ping!
To: hellinahandcart
On the other hand, I would have thought that doctors would be able to immediately see the difference between smallpox and "something to be handled by a dermatologist". It would also be nice if the article had told us the NAME of this man's skin malady, if it is that easily confused with smallpox.
The problem is that early in the course there is not much to distinguish it from any number of illnesses. Initially it looks for all the world like the "flu" with fever and musl ache. ven when the rash first appears its a tough diagnosis, especially since almost NONE of us has ever seen a real case....
5 posted on
08/05/2002 7:55:27 AM PDT by
Kozak
To: hellinahandcart
Smallpox *BUMP*
To: hellinahandcart
One set of my grandparents came over on a ship filled with Irish and German immigrants in the early 1900's. I was fortunate to find their names on the ship's original manifesto, thanks to the Ellis Island records web site.
Boy, on the form that they had to fill out they had to declare if they even had a hangnail, senility, handicap or disease.
Today, even someone with Poe's Masque of the Red Death can come right in. Even Typhoid Mary would be greeted with a Welcome Wagon goody bag.
Leni
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