-
It's umbilicated as well.
-
The process of what's called vesiculation,
-
the rise of this stage of the rash,
-
takes about three days and
-
lasts a further three.
-
It's at this stage that the physical diagnosis of smallpox
-
becomes reliable, with the disease presenting its
-
most distinctive appearance.
-
The patient experiences
-
increasing difficulty in swallowing and in talking,
-
due to extensive lesions in the mucous membranes in the palate and the throat.
-
And there's a child at this stage of the disease.