title: Erosive-throat with rash (scarlet fever), an investigation on its brief history.
abstract: Being a kind of epidemic contagious disease in modern time, erosive-throat with rash was a fatal disease causing numerous victims. High attention was paid to by traditional medical professionals through various fields, theoretical and clinical. A correct conclusion was reached claiming that TCM did make contributions to its prevention and treatment before effective treatment in western medicine appeared in China.
authors.affiliation: The China Institute for Medical History & Medical Leterature, China Academy of TCM, Beijing.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012541:Scarlet Fever / Q000266:history*; D019366:Western World