Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-11-24
TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF
SMALLPOX.

The following general rules derived
from suggestions made by society of
medical officers of :health are laid
down for guidance Of the people where
there is the prevalence of any contag-
eous disease, and more especially the
smallpox:
The patient should be at once sepa.
rated, as efficiently as circumstances
permit, from the other inmates Of the
house, and if possible placed in top
room, and have that floor devoted to
him and his attendant.
2. All bed curtains and other hang
ings and carpets, and all articles of
dress and the like in wardrobes and
cupboards, and all unnecessary articles
of furniture should be removed thence.
3. The room should be we'll ventila-
ted; windows should be kept partly
open, communication with the chimney
flee, and if the weather or size of the
room permit, the fire burning The
floor should be sprinkled daily with
disinfectant fluid and cleansed.
4. The door should be kept closed
and sheet hung outside it so as to
cover every crevicc, and kept wet With
solution of carholic acid, chloride of
lime, O.. Condy's fluid.
5. Everything that passes from the
patient (spit. vomit, urine, feces) should
be received into vessels containing
ther OF the above solutions; and an
additional quantity Of solution should
be adcdd to the vessel, before removing
il fr,m the room and emptying it into
the closet. All superintendent food
or drink, and all scraps, should be
similarly treated, aud under no rcun-
stances partaken Of hy other persona
6. Pieces of rags should be used for
wioing discharge from the nose or
mouth, and burnt Immediately after
use.
Z. All cups, glasses, spoons and SUCH
like articles, used ia the sick.room,
should he placed in some disinfsotant
solution b.fore leaving it, and subse-
quently washed in HIT water.
8. All bed and body linen should 1t
once. and befrre leaving the rom, be
put into disinfectant solution, and
after remaining in it for at least an
hour. boiled in water.
9. The patients person and bod
should DO kept scrupulously clean; and
when, during the progress Of his dis
ease, scales or crusts form upon the
skin, their diffusion should be prevent.
ed BY smearing the surface daily with
oil.
10. Nurses in attendance should If
possible he such as have already had
their patients disease; their dresses
should Of notton or Of some other
washable material; they should keep
their hands clean, US ng carbolic acid
soap, or adding Condy's fluid to the
wa.er in which they wash. and should
avoid as fur as possible inhaling the
patients breath, or other emanationa
from his person or from his discharges.
They should remain with the patient
or if compelled to leave the room, leave
it under proper precautions; and under
no circumstances mix With otter mem.
bers of the household.
| IL. No visitors should be allowed,
or ii allowed, should conform, Is close
ly as circumstance permit, to the con
ditions required of the ordinary At
tendant
IL. The medical attendant should
remain no longer than necessary In the
sick room, and expose himself as LITTLE
as possible to contamination; shoult
wash his hands before leaving, hold q
little subsequent communications .
possible with the inmates Of the house
and never 80 direct, or without prope
precautions, from the Infections Of othe
patients.
Is. The patient must not be above,
to mix with the rest of his family
until all peal ng of the skin has ceased
or until all specific phenomena Of dis
ease have disappeared, and until b
has been well purified by the use Q