Although the rash, flushed face, and red tongue symptoms subsided after a week, there were other symptoms that associated themselves with scarlet fever further adding to that fear. Due to the 1800s being a time that did not offer the antibiotics we have today, scarlet fever was extremely dangerous, causing serious complications, and even leading to death—as it was possible for people to endure long periods of the illness. The fear that came with knowing that the illness could not be explained was easily displayed as adults kept their children isolated and quarantined while entire communities panicked when new cases surfaced. This slowly produced an epidemic in the nation as it became easy to contract the disease especially when it was not being
Although the rash, flushed face, and red tongue symptoms subsided after a week, there were other symptoms that associated themselves with scarlet fever further adding to that fear. Due to the 1800s being a time that did not offer the antibiotics we have today, scarlet fever was extremely dangerous, causing serious complications, and even leading to death—as it was possible for people to endure long periods of the illness. The fear that came with knowing that the illness could not be explained was easily displayed as adults kept their children isolated and quarantined while entire communities panicked when new cases surfaced. This slowly produced an epidemic in the nation as it became easy to contract the disease especially when it was not being