Haemorrhage of the lungs or blood-spitting, has many causes:

1. Rupture from external violence, as from blows or falls.

2. Violent exertion, as an attempt to perform some extraordinary feat, and inflammation from any cause, throwing an excess of blood to the lungs.

3. Secondary effect of heart disease, pressure of tumors, or enlarged glands.

4. The perforation of blood vessels by disease.

In hemorrhage of the lungs the blood is coughed up, not vomited. In either case it may be possible for the blood to come from the throat. The patient must lie flat on the back without pillow, and must not move or speak. Food must be administered with a spoon. As the volume of blood must be kept as small as possible, but little fluid should be given. Use cracked ice to quench the thirst; alcohol may do harm. Beaten egg and meat powder, with small quantities of milk, should form the principal part of the diet. All fluids must be given cold, or only lukewarm. The prepared foods may be given with milk. Should there be nausea, rectal feeding must be substituted to prevent retching or vomiting.

Measles. Measles is a contagious and infectious disease, manifesting itself by an eruption of red spots accompanied by catarrh of the air passages and more or less fever. The eruption makes its appearance first on the face, then upon the neck, chest, over the body, and lastly upon the back of the hand, which usually requires four days from first appearance on the face. As it disappears it assumes more of a yellowish red. The spots are crescent-shaped, and from one-eighth to two-fifths of an inch in diameter, and are usually bright red. Sometimes the eruption is so thick as to entirely cover portions of the skin. In severe cases, where there is hemorrhage, black measles develop. Average period of incubation is eight days.

Symptoms

The first symptoms, eight to ten days after exposure, is a languid, chilly feeling, and in young children, convulsions occasionally occur. There will be pain in front part of the head and general feeling akin to a severe cold in the head, and likely a constant watery and irritating discharge from the nose, with sneezing and coughing. Fever will be developed the second day and continue two to four days.

Diet

Similar to that used in fevers.