Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-04-28
Infectious sraIadies.


check the extension of disease and in
crease the chances of recovery. [
i; Place the patient in an upper
chamber that can be well ventilated
and the temperature is under control
80 that it can be kept even. 3 Have
no carpets on the floor, no curtains
abost the bed, no chairs nor sofas COW
cred with woolens. Such furniture
absorbs efluvia and germs and will
intimately propagate the malady.
8. Use a single beadstead so that the
patient eau be easily assisted and be
removed from one part of room to
another. 4. Have on hand large pack
ages of pieces of old cotton and lin~
en- that may be used to wash and
and wipe the several parts Ofthc body |
and may be removed or burned or
buried as soon as used. 3, The pas
tents clothing should be soft aud old
and be easily removed aud destroyed
before the patient mingles with other
members OF the family. 6. Have two
pints or more of the solution of car
bolic acid. 7. Keep stablespOOn OF
this dis iufecsant In spittoons, and all
vessels used for the excretiOus of the
patients, so as to nip the germs of the
malady as soon as they appear 10 the
outer world 8. Have an earth closet
in the room or at any rate, never mln-
gle the exOretiors Of the patient with
these of other members OF the family.
10, Wet four strips of cotton with
carbolic acid and hang them In four
different sections CT the room. This
valuable dislnfectant will evaporate
and fill the air. and SO kill all morbid
germs. 10. Remove all excretions
and soiled rags to forty feet or more
from the dwelling, plunge them into
deep holes and cover them with dry
earth. A better covering tor this pur.
pose than dry earth is sifted dry coal
ashes. Even for earth closets such
ashes are more absorbing than dry
earth, But either earth or ashes very
quickly deodorlze intestinal excretlons.
IL. Have a yentilating aperture iD
the roof or near it SO that air may
pass freely through it. II. Guard the
patient against drafts Of air aud yet let
fresh air move about the room.
| Is, Haye one window or more open
in the lower part of the house so
that a current Of air may be con
stantly moving upwards and be
forcing a continuous change Of air,
IA. If possible allow the sunny rays
to enter freely as this not only pu-
rifles but vitalizes the air. The sun
carries healing in It's beams, In
stinct prompts brutes when i'll to
back in the genial source of life.
Is. The room should ventilated by
an open fireplace Or by one win
dow OR more in the following way.
Raise the lower sash four inches
Fit a board accurately under the
lower sash. 4 current of outer air
will rush up constantly between the
upper part of the lower sash and
the lower part OF the upper sash.
Fresh air is OF the greatest value in
sick room. The oxygen of the air
seizes the particles OF impure air
and destroys them, And fresh air
supplies the lungs Of the sick one
with pure air, and so increases his
strength and comfort and chances
of recovery.
Carbolic acid is a potent disinfec-
tant. 1t removes bad odors from
everything Sprinkled upon beds,
sheets, or pillows, that have alb
sorbed unpleasant doors, it sweet
ems and renoyates them. In wash
ing soiled clothing, first soak them
in scalding suds, rinse and sprinkle
them lightly with this acid. Roll
in packages for few hours, and
hang them in the outer air and ex~
pose them to the sunshine. 10 h.
When the patient has left the c ham
Der, every portion of it should be
washed with a weak solution of car
bolic acid. The floor. beadstead,
chairs and other furniture should
be washed with this dislnfectant. If
the room was papered, strip it of,
and wash the walls with the same.
The ceiling should be scraped and
whitewashed.
Another way Of thoroughly clean
sing the room l.; as follows Close
| all crevices near doors and windows,
close the fireplace and all openings
as those for ventilation and stove
tunnels. Paste pieces Of paper
over the opening. so that no gas to
be created can get out. Then place
two rolls Of sulphur in an iron pot,
pour on them half pint OF alcohol.
Ignite the alcohol, close the door
and RIM. AS the sulphur burns,
the room will become full OF sui
phuriOus acid gas, that will destroy
every thing that has lite, or the
means OF inducing life and death.
For deodorizing slnk-holes, cess
pools, sewers, vaults and animal ex-
cretions, a solution Of green yitriol,
or sulphate Of non may answer all
admirable purpose. 1t absorbs oxy-
gen and decomposes organic COM
pounds.