The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-05-11

from the rest Of the family, and when il in |
practicable, the other children, if there be any,
| should be removed from home. This meas
ure Is always advisable, whether the disease
Is severe In its character or not; for if it be-
comes rife in family, il will frequently af-
feet the individuals comprising it very differ
emily. Some may escape altogether; others
] have the mild form Of the complaint; others
the severe; so that the fact Of the first case
being mild Is no guarantee that those that fol-
| low will be 80. ..
Great caution must also be exercised after
the conyalescence of the patient, that other
children are not brought into contact with the
/ patient too soon; for infection may be thus
produced. though several weeks may have
elapsed from the period Of the peeling Off of
! the skin. .
1t is right, also, that il should be known that
/ the contagion turks about the apartment and
clings TO the furniture and clothes Of the in
valid for very long time, even after great
care has been taken TO purify them. For this
reason, dnring the illness, all bed hangings,
! carpets or furniture that can, be dispensed
with; and the soiled linen, from time to time
ns 1t is removed from the patient or the
bed, should be Immediately put into boil
ing water; ard to purify the atmosphere of
| the room carbolic acid may be sprinkled upon
| the bed and carpet, as 1t is one of the best
disinfecting agents we have.
When n child has recently suffered from
SSalItb itNtLf llc phItUlS ought lO De very
| cautions tha: the invalid is not sent back to
school too soon. Thoughtlessly to do this
would be objectionable, and knowingly TO run
any risk of carrying infection among large
| number of children, Il direct violation OF what
is right and just to others. If children are
threatened with this disease at school
they ought Immediately TO be removed. 1t is
impossible TO calculate the amount of evil
which this measure, acted upon promptly,
may prevent.
The period at which the disease shows itself
| after the exposure Of an individual to sources
of contagion, is exceedingly various. One
! child will be sieZed within few hours; an
other, for some days; now and theE (though
rarely) five or six weeks have intervened be-
tween the period Of exposure and the mani
festation of the disease.
This disease is a complaint of infancy and
childhood, rather than adul. age; generally
affects the same individual but once during
life; and though examples of a second attack
have occurred, such circumstance is extremely
rare.
In conclusion, let me here remark that the
clothing of childhood should posses the same
properties as that of infancy. 1t should af.
ford warmth and yet be light, and so made Gs
to occasion no unnatural construction.
In reference to warmth, il may DO well to
mention here that too little clothing (that
state of semi-nudty which the vanity of some
parents encourage in the town of Elko) is fire.
quently productive of the most sudden at
tacks of scarlet fever; and that children who
are thus exposed with naked breasts and bare
cXtremitcs, in climate so variable in cx.
tremcs as ours of the Humboldt valley, are
frequent subjects of scarlet fever, erysipelas,
Group and other dangerous affections of the
air passages and lungs.
Regulate the clothing, then, of your child
ren, if you wish to protect them from disease,
according to the severity Of the season; re,
sumo the winter dress early, and put 1t aside
late; for it Is i'll spring and autumn that the
vicissitudes in this climate are greatest anC
cOugestiye and infammatory complaints mos
common.
"As the twig is bent the tree is naturally in
clined." This true and beautiful expression
is applicable to human life. Give your child
rem that care and attention you would bestow
on delicate, tender flower in its infancy
which requires fresh air, light and the inyigo
rating rays of the sun to give it beauty anC
sweetness. So with the delicately organized
child. Deprive it of the clements that Civ,
beauty and sweetness to the flower, and /
will fade, wither away, sicken and die.
S. +. GRAIN, NJ. ID.