Chickenpox was first identified by the Persian physician, Muhammad ibn Zakariya ar-Razi (865–925), known to the West as "Rhazes", who clearly distinguished it from smallpox and measles.[23] Giovanni Filippo (1510–1580) of Palermo later provided a more detailed description of varicella (chickenpox). Subsequently in the 1600s, an English physician named Richard Morton described what he thought a mild form of smallpox as "chicken pox". Later, in 1767, a physician named William Heberden, also from England, was the first physician to clearly demonstrate that chickenpox was different from smallpox. However, it is believed the name chickenpox was commonly used in earlier centuries before doctors identified the disease.
There are many explanations offered for the origin of the name chickenpox:
- Persian name: "آبله مرغان" literally means chickens (birds) pox;
- Samuel Johnson suggested that the disease was "less dangerous", thus a "chicken" version of the pox;
- the specks that appear looked as though the skin was pecked by chickens;
- the disease was named after chick peas, from a supposed similarity in size of the seed to the lesions;
- the term reflects a corruption of the Old English word giccin, which meant itching.
As "pox" also means curse, in medieval times some believed it was a plague brought on to curse children by the use of black magic.
During the medieval era, oatmeal was discovered to soothe the sores, and oatmeal baths are today still commonly given to relieve itching.
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eh, kenapa mama cerita pasal chickenpox ni? hmmm... baru je sebut-sebut pasal kuarantin minggu lepas kan.. rupanya memang nak kena kuarantin betul... raihana kene chickenpox! aduh... baru perasan semalam. tu pun cikgu yang bagitau. sebenarnya malam sebelum tu mama perasan macam ada rashes kat punggung dia. mama ingatkan rashes biasa je mama sapu la ubat putih tu.. rupa-rupanya chicken pox... so sebenarnya dah lama jugak la kenanya.. malam tadi tengok kat punggung dia dah kering dah.. hehehe.. tapi ada naik yang baru kat tempat lain la...
so, apakah makna semua ini? ini bermakna mama akan bercuti panjang la minggu depan.. yuuhoooo!! nasib baik ayah tengah kerje malam minggu ni so boleh la jaga raihana di siang hari.. tapi kesian jugak kat ayah tak boleh nak qadha' tidur..
actually mama tak sedap jugak nak cuti lama minggu depan ni. Pertama, sebab last week pun mama dah banyak ambil urgent leave. in fact last week mama masuk opis satu hari je. selebihnya cuti dan training. Yang keduanya, sebab baru tukar portfolio ni ada banyak bende kena belajar dan banyak meeting kena organise dan attend. Sekarang ni kena support Product so tau je lah product ni selalunya very fast. sekarang ni je in hand dah ada 4-5 yang semuanya nak launch 1st July... Ketiganya, memang tak bagus la nak bagi impression kat boss baru... nampak macam kite ni asyik amik urgent leave je... (hehhe.. baru je hari tu puji boss baru... ) boss takdelah cakap apa tapi kite la yang rasa tak sedap.. dah la bos kesuntukan masa nak mencurahkan segala ilmu sebab dia dah nak pencen bulan 8 nih... isk dilema.. dilema... saat-saat macam ni la terasa betapa perlunya perkhidmatan seorang maid.. hehhe..
Anyway, that is not the end of the world. The good thing ialah next week start cuti sekolah. So ramai orang cuti. So mama pun join the club la. And so ada la alasan untuk mama postpone certain meeting tu.. hehheh..
Anyway (lagi), nasib baik la yang lain-lain semua dah kena dah dulu. so takdelah mama risau nak menjangkit yang lain-lain...
hmm... kesian raihana. tapi yang peliknya dia tak demam pun. malah tetap aktif seperti biasa. tu yang ayah tak larat nak layan tu... hehheh..
Moga Raihana cepat sembuh...
memang la gamat...