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skin-rash due to exposure, irritation, or use of drugs; also found as accompanying symptom in several fevers; treatment consists of cooling ointments, and sometimes antipyretics (drugs which reduce fever). le ancient city, Asia Minor; modern tri. 1921), German politician. B. at Butten- ‘haus, Germany, September 20, 1865; shot and killed near Offenburg, Baden, August 26, 1921. Of humble parentage, the s. of a poor tailor, he taught school for a time and at the university made a special study of international law and political economy. His political writing and orations attracted attention, and he was elected to the Reichstag in 1903, joining the Centre Party. During the World War he is said to have instigated the proclamation of the 93 intellectuals who gave Germany a clean bill regarding the war, and her manner of conducting it. He created a sensation in 1917 by presenting in the Reichstag the ‘July Resolution’ demanding peace without annexations. For this move he was never forgiven by the reactionaries. He failed in his appeal to Chancellor Hollweg to reform and liberalize the electoral laws. After becoming chief of the Centre, he was appointed minister without portfolio in the cabinet of Prince Max of Baden. He was one of the delegates sent to arrange for an armistice with General Foch. As the leader of the Majority Socialists he joined the new ministry of the Republic and worked hard to build up a stable government. Various attempts were made to a a inate him which he describes in his book ‘Recollections of the War’. After one attack in 1920 he resigned from the cabinet, but was elected to the parliament in June of that year. In 1921 he was accused by his enemies of sending money abroad, and his immunity as a Reichstag member was removed. it was reported that during a speaking tour he had advocated a tax on capital and the confiscation of hoards of gold and silver. After he was killed the Government made many arrests and learned from documents discovered, that he was the victim of a group of reactionaries who were also plotting the ‘removal’ of other liberals.