Dodge City times., 1891-12-18

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Another thing which makes the infcc
tion Of DiPhtheria d, ubly dangerous is
its persistent vitality. Mary cases like
the foiissing sbog tina, unless care in
lisinfectiBg and otherwise be taken. the
infection will survive to start nysteri-
cuslY another epidemic at some future
,iiae-mouths or perhaps years after
wards:
! boz visited a family where there
were cases Of Dirhtheria; he took the
disease in ligi., form ard recovered.
Upon his return home his .is;er. aged
sixteen. took tie disease and died in
three Gays. Six months afterwards an
other sister occupied the room which
had been the sick-rOom, took the Diph-
liberia and dicG after FIVE weeks sick
uess.
A little girl nine years Of age was
found By the physician to have Diph
liberia in malignant form, and died
two days afterwards. The nitary
condition of the place seemed wy good,
and no other cases Of Diphtheris we're
In the neighborhcod. 1t was ascer-
tanned that the grandfather, of whom
the child vas very fonu and in whose
lap she would sit much of the time, had
come from a neighboring town to spend
q few weeks with them-that IN his
family eight months previously there
had been several cases Of Diphtheria,
one fatal. The children had been sick
in room, adjacent to which was q
clothes-press where the old gentleman s
clothes had hung He had no occasion
to use them until the present visit to
his daughters. That clothes press had
not been disinfected.
These cases will unmistakably show
the dangerously infectious character of
Diphtheria, and it is hoped that by call
ing attention to this subject in this
special manner, every person and every
community may be Influenced to be
careful not to spread the disease, and
to demand Of every person the same re-
gard for the rights and the safety of
others. The assurance that a disease
is contagious or infectious is an assur-
ance that it is preventable disease.
RESTRICTION.
As soon as it is found that a person
has Diphtheria, he should Immediately
be separated from the rest of the fam
lily and put into sunny and well-ven.
tilated room, preferably on the upper
floor and as disconnected as possible
from other rooms. especially the living
and sleeping-rooms of children.
Before moving the patient into the
room, all needless articles, such as con-
tents of wardrobes, etc., which would
catch the infection, should be removed.
No other person besides the nurse and
necessary attendants should be permit
ted In the room, and they should take
special precautions not to carry the in
fection. Their communication with
the rest of the family should be as re-
stricted as possible.
The secretary of the local board of
health, or health officer, should immsd-
lately be notified. and should 90 operate
with the physician to keep the disease
from spreading. Children and parents
from other houses should be warned;
and, if they needlessly and obstinstely
persist in coming, they should be driv-
en- away.
Neither the nurse nor any other per-
son should eat or drink anything in the
or anything which has been
there. Food which the patient has left
should be burned.
Cats and dogs should be kept from
The sick cha mber, or better, out of the
house, for their fur can easily carry the
Infection. These animals, as we'll as
'ome others, sometimes have Diphther-
a, and communicate it to children.
The dishes which the patient uses |
'hould not be used by 9th ers, or washed |
With other dishes; they should be wash
ID by themselves in boiling-hot water.
The utmost care must be taken that
he discharges from the mouth, tilro,:
M nose do not soil tie room or It's fur
'ishings; these discharges should be re
eived on pieces OF cloth and then burn
d. Ii this cannot be done, they should
Ne thoroughly disinfected with ISOLATION
; flour ounces to = gallon of water,
r Solution Il, followed by boiIing.
he discharges from the kidneys al
owels should be liberslly treated wi,l
olution A, Solution 3, Or Solution {,
nd not poured into the p;ivv ,ault,
ut buried, if possible, eco feet or
hore from dwelling houses and water
upply.
The bed cloth Dg and body clothes
hould not be mixed with the family
ash, but should be put into tubfnl
Solu.ionC G, or Solution E, until reaoy
uoil.
No person from a house where Diph-
leria is should 90 into public assem-.
les, such as schools, churches, or con.
arts.
Persons who have had Diphtheria
lould not mingle with the public for
'me time after the last trace of the 6i.
'ase has left the throat and nose. aud
len not until they, and all their cloth