Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-09-06
tanned such food should be cleansed by

Under no circumstances should the
patients soiled bed or body linen be
mixed with other soiled clothing, or be
admitted to the general wash; it should
be at once cleansed by boiling water.
For the cleansing of the mouth and
nose from the discharges, which are
sometimes copiouS and always danger
Gus, bits of linen or cotton cloth, or
pieces of soft paper should be used and
Immediately burned.
Discharges from the bowels and
bladder, which are also sources OF dan~
ger, should be received in vessels con-
tanning disinfecting fluids, and as soon
as possible removed from the room and
buried. If received on cloths these
should be burned.
For the purpose just mentioned, cop
eras, otherwise known as sulphate of
iron or vitriol, forms cheap, conven-
lent and efficient disinfectant. 1t is
prepared for use by dissolving two
pounds of coperas in a gallon of hot wa
ter. In malignant cases, it is recon-
mended that an ounce of crude carbolic
acid be added to each quart of this so.
luton. These materials also form a
good disinfectant for privies, drains,
and other foul places, and may be pre-
pared for this purpose by adding eight
pounds of copperas and one pint of
crude carbolc acid to five gallons of
hot water. From a pint to quart of
this solution used twice day will suf-
flee to keep down foul odors; a much
larger quantity, however. is needed for
the first application.
Another disinfectant recommended
by the New York Board of Health,
which may be freely used in the sick
chamber, and which is especially
adapted for the reception of soiled
clothing until it can be further cleansed
by boiling, is composed Of sulphate of
zinc Cor white vitrioD eight ounces,
corbolic acid one ounce, and water
three gallons. Recent observation
shows that a solution of bichlOride of
mercury q part of 10000, acts with
great efficiency in arresting putrefaction
and destroying bacteria which has been
placed in it.
Still another convenient and efficient
disinfectant is the solution of chlorin.
ated soda known as Labarraque's Dis,
injecting Solution, which, diluted with
from eight to twelve parts of water,
may be used for cleansing utensils,
washing the hands Of attendants, etc.
The recovery of the sick person
should be complete, and the cleansing
of the person thorough before he again
mingles with the well, and, during the
presence of diphtheria in any family,
all members of that family should be
excluded from the public schools and
refrain from attendance upon public
assemblies, or unnecessary intercourse
with others; and this isolation and
practical quarantine should continue
until, in the judgment of some compe
tent physician, it is safe to remit the
precaution.
In the case of death the funera
should be conducted with little publici
ty and without exposure of the body
which should early be placed in a tigh
coffin with some of the disinfectant
above mentioned, as the exhalation
from the dead body are especially dan
gerous. In no case should children b
permitted to attend such funeral;
t The neglect. of these precautions j
known to have been the cause of dealt
. Of many persons.
! Rooms from which patients VIII
/ have had diphtheria have been remov
5 ed should promptly be thoroughly di;
, infected by fumigation, first sprinkliD
: we'll the room with water, and if ther
r has been any special malignancy of tn
: disease, all paper hangings should b
removed from the walls covered Their,
with; all other walls and ceiling
r should be freshly whitewashed, an
g the woodwork and floors be thorough
s scrubbed.
: Sulphurous acid gas, or the fumes
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