The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-02 00:00:00

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INSTRUCTION'S —Drawn.up under the direction of the Me-
dical Gentlemen of the Fever Hospital in Dublin, in order-to
.prevent infection. •
Sio sap Favßa.—For one or two days the person affected
cannot bear exertion, loathes food, s,metimes vu,aits who:-
ever is taken into the stomach; a genersl sense of uneasi- -
nese, rather than pair, is felt ; a wish to lie down, yet a nate
lessness when in bed, or sometimes sleepiness.
To these at:et:veil shivering, with a sense of coldness,
while to a bc-stander the skin feels hot; thirst, nein of head
and back, and very generally a feel of weight ts&out the sto-
mach.
TREAT.MENT.—ata time within the first three days, give_ a
vomit of hippo, mixed, in a tea-cup full of warm water, and.
work it off with thin matinee! gruel. If the belly be costive,
give a common house cluster, and repeat it every day, if ne-
cessary. Let the drink be two-milk whey, or thin gruel, to
each quart of which add a teaspoon full of cream of tartar,
if there be no lax, but if there be lax ()a it the cream of tar-
tar. No other medicine
-or food should be given till signs of
.weakireSs oit:a cool skin' ith appetite come on. In the for-
mer case give a little wine or weak punch ; in the latter, fru-
menty and milk, which should be very cautiously and gra-
dually changed to more nourishing diet during recovery, as
relapses ate often the censequeace of over eating at this pe-
riod. ,
If need pain be felt in the breast or any other part, a hi's-
ter should be applied over it. The face and hands should be
washed and kept clean with warm water and soap, aed the
bed -clothes kept clean ; the apartment should (at every stag::
of the fever) he kept cool, and with as few persons besides the
attendants as possible. Should a great disposition to sweat
appear within the first five or, six days, the room should be
kept coal, but still not warm. During the whole sickness'
the floor and clothes should he freqnently sprinkled with vi-
negar. •
N. 8.-13leeding should hardly ever he employed. •
GyAll.l3 AGAINST- INFECTlON.—lnpnediat.e.ly after the re-
covery, removal, or death of the patient, let all the deeis
.I.ent.l
_windows be thrown open, and remain so fur sereteli
hours. .
Let the house er room he immediately cleansed,. all dirty
clothes, utensils, &c. should he immersed in cold water. 'fbe
bed-clothes, and all clothes used by the sick person, and every
one about him, stne.dd also he steeped in cold water, then
wrung out and washed in warm water with soap, and every
box, chest, drawer, &c. in the house or room, should be emp-
tied and cleansed.
If you lie on straw beds, let the straw he immediately
burned, and fresb straw provided, mid the ticker. steeped in
cold water, aiid -dried well before it is used again ; and let
your beds, of whatever kind,, he -eaeidni.stehdeteonotpraenneitiert: them,s much
as possible for a week.
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White-wash all your rooms,
with lime, slacked in there, and while it continues bub!)ling
and hot.
Scrape yonr floor viith a shovel, and wash clean both it and
your furniture.
Keep in open air as mach as possible fur a week.
Wash your face and bands and feet, and comb your hair
well every morning at leas,t•
N. B. The beneiit of this advice you will soon feel, and
persevering- in your atteation to it, will, tinder Grit, preserve
you from all the variety of Wretclwilne” occasioned. by in-
lections fevers. Attend to it then with spit it and "pone-
tuality, for your health and strength, and increase of your
comfort.