Picard's sweat fever

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The Picardsche sweat fever is a historic infectious disease occurred among others in France and Germany. It first appeared in 1718 at Vimeu in the northern French province of Picardy , after which it was named, and spread from Paris to Flanders. There were 194 epidemics up to 1874, the last of which occurred in 1918. In France the disease was called Suette des Picards , in unaffected England as Picardy Sweat , in Germany as Picard's sweat or Picard's sweat fever . It has been described in detail several times.

The condition is similar to English sweat , but differs in symptoms and mortality. Symptoms included a high fever and nosebleeds and a rash. Many victims died within two days. An outbreak of meningitis or miliaria is assumed to be the cause . The survivors felt better after about seven days. As a rule, skin vesicles appeared, which later dried and flaked. It took about 15 to 20 days between the occurrence of the first cases and a recurrence in a locality.

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  2. ↑ Foster, Michael. Contributions to Medical and Biological Research , p. 52, Hoeber, New York, 1919
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