The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-03-01
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alarm, aud several meetings of The medl'
cal fsoulty Of the city have been held tor
the discussion Of the bes, modes for ID.
prevention aad cure Ia Boston, slsoi
the disease Is being closely watched BY
the health authorities Of the city, aud
tbey have issued very admirable insttue.
tions for Ito avoidance aud treatment,
which will be found qaoted below.
Scarle, lever is highly contagious, aud
al the same time exceedingly fatal; 80
that there should be no halfway measures
taken to prevent its spread. Wherever
the disease has manifested ilselt, the Mt
most vigilencc is Imperative to prevent
clothing OF other infected articles com
munioaling The malady TO other persons.
There Is even danger of disseminating
the poison bY funerals, the Medical Reo.
ord tells US, and the same authority
connsels the greatest caro- on The part OF
physicians lest they themselves, coming
from the bedsides ofpstients, carry the
disease to non-infected houses The pro.
lection Of school children will also re-
quire great care; ard our contemporary
strongly recommends that thorough
system OF medical inspection be organiI-
ed 10 our now public schools.
AT reoeut meeting In Chicago, the
physicians discussed ut considerable
length the value of belladonna as a spe.
eide for the malsdy. The daily use Of
this drug as prophylactiG against scar.
latina Is emphatically recommended I;
but, continues the resolution passed, ou-
ly ia doses SO attenuated as not to pro.
duce visible effects upon the organism,
aud always under the advice OF the fam-
ly physician. The resolutions agreed
upon sre, that isolation Is the next only
meats that we know of TO prevent The
spread OF the disease, but we deprecate
arbitrary interference with the rights of
families aud that we have every reason
to believe that such course would re-
dnce the frequency, theteverity, and the
mortality Of this disease, but will not
wholly eradicate it, nor do we know OF
any means that will.
The following is the Boston Board of
Ilealth's circular: Scarlet fever Is like
small pox IN its power to spread readily
from person to person. It is highly con.
tageous, The disease shows its first
signs in about one week after exposure
as a general rule, aud persons who es-
cape the illness during fortnight after
exposure may leel themselves safe from
attack. Scarlet fever, searatina, canker
rash, aud rash fever are names OF one
aud the same dangerous disease. When
a case of scarlet fever occurs in any fami-
ly, the sick person should be placed IN a
room apart from the other inmates Of the
house, and should be nnrsed as far as
possible by one person only The sick
chamber should be well warmed, exposed
to sunlight, and well aired. It's furniture
should be such as will permit OF cleans
ing without injury, and all extra articles,
such as window drapery aud wooden
carpets, should be removed from tbe
room during the sickness. The family
should not mingle with other people.
Visitors to an infected house should be
warned of the presence of dangerous
disease therein, and children, especially,
should not be admitted. On recovery,
the sick person should not mingle with
the well until the roughness Of the skin,
due 10 the disease, shah have disappear
ed. A month is considered an average
period during which isolation il needed.
The clothing, before being worn or used
by the patient or The nurse, should be
cleansed by boiling for at least one hour,
or, if thst cannot be done, by free aud
prolonged exposure TO outdoor mir and
sunlight. The walls OF lhe room should
be dry.rubbed, aud the cloths used for
the purpose should be burhed without
previous shaking. The ceiling should be
sorsped aud whilened; the ii0or should
bo washed with soap and water, aud car
bolic acid may be added 10 the water
one pint 10 three OF four gallons. The
Infected clothing should be cleansed by
itself, aud not seni TO lhe laandry. Ia
case OF death from scarlet fever, Tie fan.
eral services should be strictly private,
aud the corpse should not be exposed to
view. Because childien are especially
liable to take and spread scarlet fever,
aud because schools afford free oppor-
tunity for this, the Board Of Health las
excluded from school every child rom
any family in which case Of the disease
has occurred, and has decreed that the
absence shall continue four weeks from
the beginning Of The attack, except III
cases subject TO the discretion ot The
Board, aud that the scholar, % be read.
mitted 10 his school room, must have the
certificate OF physician that the required
time has passed
As regards this last provision, Ia local.
tiles where authorities do not Promui
gate similrr instructions, pafeuts viii do
well to take the precautions noted; aud
and after the disease has shown itseil Ia
the family, the attendance af aay u Che
household al school, uulil tiie period
stated has elapsed, should be prevented
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aouueed electromagnetic pFoper,ies
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