17/02/2021
Initially, was considered to be a form of and it was named -hamikah by the early Arabian physicians.
In 1752 and 1758, German physician de Bergen and Orlow described rubella as a unique clinical entity which was later reported in England and the United States.
In 1866, Henry Veale introduced the name believing that the name of a "should be short for the sake of convenience in writing, and euphonious for ease in pronunciation"
At the International Congress of Medicine in London, England, in 1881, these developments culminated in the consensus that was a distinct disease.
Rubella is commonly called German measles, and it is the third of the six viral exanthems of childhood, with and fever being first and second, respectively.
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