Scarlet fever, pneumonia and diphtheria all declined rapidly long before their cures were introduced.

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Immediately afterward, he fell ill with a succession of infections, including scarlet fever and pneumonia, which kept him hospitalized for almost a year.

NEWYORKER: The Visionary

Ellen Fenton from Quarry Bank Mill said the letters "detail poetically" the Greg family's love for six-year-old Emily, who died of scarlet fever.

BBC: Portrait of Emily Gair Greg and her father's letter

The researchers accept other causes - such as scarlet fever or a chronic heart or kidney condition - may be possible, and acknowledge the limitations of their research.

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In his freshman year, he had an attack of scarlet fever, which set him back socially, and which also seems to have triggered a lifelong susceptibility to illness.

NEWYORKER: Getting Real

Andrew Grove, a man who survived the Nazis, the Communists, scarlet fever, prostate cancer and Bill Gates to run what was briefly one of the world's five most valuable companies, is saddled with a disease that will eventually rob him of control over his body.

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