How did chickenpox get its name?

Answer 1

There are many explanations offered for the origin of the name chickenpox:

• 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.

Answer 2

It is a viral disease that is caused by the varicella virus. One is that it's from the blisters that are seen with the illness. These red spots, which are about 1/5 inch to 2/5 inch (5mm to 10mm) wide, were once thought to look like chickpeas

Answer 3

An unknown hen was totally dismayed when she saw her entire future family turned into tuna and egg salad. Unable to control her anger and rage, she crushed poison ivy plants and smeared the resultant goo inside the farmer's bathtub. The last time she was seen alive, she was screaming, "A pox upon you and your house", Then she was fried.

Answer 4

The name chickenpox has been around for quite a long time, and there are various speculations regarding how it got its name. One is that it's from the rankles that are seen with the ailment. These red spots — which are around 1/5 inch to 2/5 inch (5mm to 10mm) wide — were once thought to look like chickpeas (garbanzo beans).

Answer 5

While organ music had appeared at hockey rinks in the 1930s, it first bellowed through a Baseball stadium on April 26, 1941. Organist Ray Nelson played “classic and soulful compositions” before the Cubs took on the Cardinals at Wrigley Field. He had to stop before the game started, however, because he was playing copyrighted songs that could’ve been picked up by radio broadcasts.

The baseball-stadium organ caught on quickly, however; the following season, the Brooklyn Dodgers hired a permanent organist, and their popularity increased through the mid-20th century. Nowadays, they’re commonplace.

Oddly enough, the Cubs removed Nelson’s organ from the grandstand during a road trip shortly after it first appeared—the copyright liability was just too much for them—and organ music wouldn’t return to Wrigley until 1967.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

It was a chicken that had a box then it was not reasonable then it was chicken pox !

Answer 8

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Answer 9

From a manAn old English word came from itching

Answer 10

mabye from a chicken? I am not sure