Civil War doctors would've probably given a victim of erysipelas calomel.

Cholera, anthrax, and swine erysipelas are all bacterial infections. Rabies is a viral infection.

With prompt treatment, the prognosis from erysipelas is excellent. Delay of treatment, however, increases the chance for bacteremia and the potential for death from overwhelming sepsis. This is particularly true of people with.

The rash of erysipelas is very characteristic, raising the practitioner's suspicion towards that diagnosis, especially when coupled with a history of recent strep infection. Attempts to culture (grow) the bacteria from a sample.

Blaine Irish died in 27 October 1923 of erysipelas.