Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-30
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

THERE is much said and written with
regard to the indoor life of woman, and
much good advice given about spend
ing more time in the open air, and pur-
flying their lungs with oxygen, but if
those whose household cares require
that they get out but little would learn
to keep the kitchen door closed when
washing is being done, or when any
thing is cooking, and open an outside
door or window for ten or fifteen min
utes every two or three hours, thus
changing the air of the house and gain
ing fresh supply of life giving oxygen,
they would be surprised at the increase
of comfort and physical enjoyment, by
the lessening of that full feeling in the
head, or headaches, which so often are
caused solely by the breathing of i'm
pure Chicago Standard.
TREATMENT OF DIPHTHERIA.- view
Of the general lack of information with
regard to the proper treatmen Of diph-
iberia patients the following resolutions
adopted by the Philadelphia Board Of
Health are interesting and valuable:
Recent Investigations have proved
that the poison of diphtheria is porta-
bic, communicable by infection, and
capable of reproducing itself outside of
the human body, diphtheria must now
be ranked as both contagious and in
fectious disease. The following rules
are, therefore, more imperative than
ever before:
1. When child or young person has
q sore throat, a bad odor of its BREATH
and especially if it has fever, it should
Immediately be separated and kept Sc
Guided from all other persons except
necessary attendants, until it be ascer-
tanned whether or not it has diphtheria,
or some other communicable disease.
2. Every person known to be sick
with diphtheria should be promptly
and efectually isolated from the pub
lie. Only those persons who are actu-
ally necessary should have charge of or
visit the patients, and these vititors
should be restricted in their intercourse
with other individuals. Children re-
siding in house where there is a case
of diphtheria should not be permitted
to attend school.
B. When a case of diphtheria is fully
developed, the same precaution in re-
gard to free ventilation, disposal and
disinfection of discharges, bed and body
linen, etc, isolated during GONZALES
cence Tor management of the corpse
should death unfortunately occur, etc,
ETC., ought to be enforced which have
already been recommended in regard
to smallpox.
4. It is particularly important that
persons whose Threats are tender or
sore from any cause should avoid pos
sible exposure from the contagion of
diphtheria Children under ten years
of age are in much greater danger of
taking the disease, and after they do
take it Of dying from it, than grown
persons. But adults are not exempt,
and mild cases in them may cause whole
series of fatal attacks among children.
5. Numerous instances are recorded
where the contagion has retained its
virulence for weeks or months, in cess
pools, heaps of decaying vegetable mat
ter, damp wells, ETC., and been carried
for long distances in clothing, in sewers,
in waste-pipes from stationary wash
stands, and in other conduHs. Hence
all sewer connections and other carriers
Of filth should be well ventilated and
disinfected, and children particularly
should not be allowed to breath the air
of any water closet, cesspool or sewer
into which discharges from patients
sick with diphtheria have entered, nor
| to drink water or milk which has been
! exposed to such air.
6. Beware of any person who has a
sore throat; do not kiss such q per-
son or take his or her breath; do not
drink from the same cup, blow the
same whistle, nor put his pencil or pen
in you mouth.
7. Do not wear nor handle clothing
which has been worn by person dur
ing sickness or convalescence from
diphtheria.