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Quotation from A Treatise on the Smallpox and Measles by Abu Bakr al-Razi (Rhazes)
“The safest kind of Measles is that where the redness is not very deep”
A Treatise on the Smallpox and Measles, Chapter XIV, §6, trans. William Alexander Greenhill
Al-Razi's prognosis for measles, followed by the warning that pale, tawny, green and violet rashes are bad or fatal.
Citation: "The safest kind of Measles is that where the redness is not very deep" — Abu Bakr al-Razi (Rhazes), A Treatise on the Smallpox and Measles, Chapter XIV, §6, trans. William Alexander Greenhill. (id al-razi-treatise-on-smallpox-and-measles-q7)
Portrait: Al-RaziInGerardusCremonensis1250, Illumination in Gerard of Cremona's Recueil des traités de médecine, Public domain.
