Excitation

(ek-si-ta' -shun). The act of stimulating or irritating. E., Direct, in electro therapeutics, the excitement of a muscle by placing an electrode on the muscle itself. E., Indirect, the excitement of a muscle through its nerve. Name. Period of Incubation. Stage of sion. to 3 Erysipelas. Few hours to 3 or 4 days. Measles. 12 days. Rotheln. 8 to 17 days. days. Time Character of Eruption. of Appearance of Eruption. Within 24 hours. 4 days. day. 24 to 48 hours. Within 48 hours. Efflorescence; bright-red; polished; with well-defined, raised margin. Macula?; small, dark-red, with crescentic bord e r s. Complete in 24 hours. EXANTHEMATA. Duration of Eruption. Typhoid Fever. 1 to 21 days. 5 to 35 days. 1 to 2 days. 6 to 8 days. Within 24 hours. day. Location. Face. 4 to 8 days. tion of tion. Desquama- Branny, or in large flakes. 4 to 5 days. Face; then downward over body. Diffuse; scarlet; punctate. In crops. Rose colored, lenticular spots. Usually day; may be on or not till day. 3 days. 7 to 10 days. Each crop 3 to to 20 days 510 days. Last Measly spots; Few days, or petechia?; may last throughout streaks; colthe course of or, mulberry the disease. red. to 12 5 days. Varicella. 4 to 14 days. 8 to 14 1 to 2 days. Within 12 to In crops. 24 hours. Vesicles. 3 days. day. Umbilicated days. Variola. pustules.