The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
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TIE 1854 tesIsl e rs
u~ tfe carpets '}-w sails ans8
ceilings AFt the 1als e ghn heu-*
-huu he spr1akie3 nacr or tv ae y
ias anun< kn.@ aBti eontaIr~ssnsu
~tth 3 ~elutton of car}ols- acsd
y hea Tire Eafeui hAs uvovsFvs3. ths
walls uf the y~nus should - rubbed
Nth adv cloth. AMI she closh burned
- once without ~laktu-. TIE ceiling
~aouli ~ strapped aaa wh3tensJ. Ttv
n,-7r should - WAshsi wtth sap AMI
hos water aui csrl-uc arsi aided ts
tAe water uE1e pant So thr.c ~aigor&
For the faau~~ - f~ufateataon. ths
Window AMI doeys - the rucm an,l
tle fireplace should - tightly cI.s.-l
Everything that Was in the ru=am lu
uuE the >lckus~- should IT,. lett n a.
Il the carpet Was not removed. ii
should - taken up ard raised a. far
= lo~sahlc from the flooT On chair
y - any othcr manner oas eapi sc
tie floor should - taken III.
As regards funerals. the sanitary
code provides that 81 every ca@t where
death occurS froan dipithcuA. scarlet
fever. ~ measles tie b~@Iv - decreased
shall bS thoroughly dts3ufegtsd aud
enclosed IL > tight When p-a~lh.e
meial.lc) burial ease. whch shall Mt
thereafter ts opened that th. funeral
81 such person shall h. s~trlctls private.
and IN mo case shall Children - allow
81 - attend tAereat,
Ignorant persons often hayc tie IN
neral services conducted IN tie room
IN which the patient died. and with
the coffin open. They even Dcnd over
and ks, the infected corpse. Th.r,s
or forty persons are thus exposed a.
contagion. anu the practice has proved
a fruitful source II tie di~case. kt>>
INK the sick children J. q Ercal si-
taxa surer way 81 catching the IN
lection could not be devised. This -
an important point, a. the great ma.
IorltN Of cs>es being among children.
their parents are apt - fondle NTH
them. The kl., may not infect the
parent. bat the infection may thereby
Ge carried 10 the next child. Last
week a nan was lined for having 4
public funeral OF his child who died OF
scarlet fever.
# the attending physician reports
the house III a lad condition. or al
| there are two cases in the same huuse.
an immediate inspection Is made bN
the health inspectors. ami strict meas
ures taken 10 remedy ans lault IN the
plumbing. By these means IL Is hoped
| tilat tho disease IuaA soon ~ stopped.
1T At least prevented from spreading.
In regard 10 medical treatment Of
| diphtheIIA there 10 much disagree
ment. Some favor local applications.
| others dose thor PATIENTS. Or. l.. y.
| Chapman. nj old physician 81 Brook
lyn, WHO has devoted many Years "a
the study Of diphtheria, and who has
h&d much success III his practice. ne
conmcnda the administration of alec
hol. Alcohol. hr SAYS. Is a poison am
tagonlstlc 70 the poison of dlphtheria.
lie AYERS that the percentage ~ deaths
can be reduced 10 one III iItN. II nvu-
t~ralizes, he says, the diphtheretic poi
son. sets free the nerves Of animal lifc.
subducs the fever and inflammation.
DESTROYS the pabulum that sustains the
membrane, and cuts short the disease.
Like any other autldotc. il must he
given promptly at the outset. II does
not act as a stimufant, nor produce
any of its ordinary effects. DIR. Chap
mar stNtains his position by citing
numerous cases III winch tins treat
ment has been successful. lie sal ;
that during the past winter he III,
only lost Onc case out Of forty.