German measles

[Barnhart]

German measles appears in OED with 1875 as the earliest date.

A search of Google produced an article with reference to Liberty
measles, a substitution prompted by the "unpatriotic" association with
German in time of war when Germany was an adversary.

No hits were produced for German measles in either repository in Making
of America.

I will be at Vassar later today with access to other data banks.  More
later.

David Barnhart
barnhart at highlands.com

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