The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-16

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co. The ordinary rules Of health
should be strictly observed:
GAY Cleanliness.
OBJ Moderation in all things.
(c) Avoidance of all sources of
cold and Indigestion
Every one ought to wash from
head to foot at least once a week,
and the oftener body linen and bed
clothes are changed the better
Never eat with unwashed hands,
especially when cases Of diarrh@a
or cholera are in the house. In the
latter case some disinfectant should
be added to the water before wash
ing, and food should never be tax
en- IN the room with the patient.
(l0) To minimize the danger Of
infection it is well to be moderate
in all things, particularly avoiding
all excuses in drinking, in eating,
or in exercise. Excess in drinking,
sometimes resorted to from a mis-
taken idea of warding OF the chOl-
era, has the exactly opposite effect.
Spirits are useless as a corrective OF
impure water. Excess in eating,
by disorganizing the digestion, pre-
disposes to diseases Of the digestive
organs, Of which cholera is the
worst. Eat well, but wisely, and
avoid all unripe fruit, indigestible
or tainted food, and everything that
disagrees with you. Excessive ex-
ercise is dangerous, by producing
exhaustion; so is prolonged bath
ing. Everything that causes ex-
haustion is bad. Avoid all sudden
chills, especially when perspiring.
Flannels should be worn next the
skin. A flannel belt round the
waist is strongly recommended.
Avoid draughts and late hours, and
always wear enough clothes to keep
the body warm, especially at night
(11) When cholera or diarrh9a
exists in the neighborhood Of dairy
farms, avoid milk coming from that
district, and if other milk can not
be conveniently obtained, condens,
ed milk is safer than fresh milk
from infested districts.
(12) If from any source a case of
cholera should develop i'll any To-
cality in Tennessee, danger of its
spreading may be minimized by i'm
mediate isolation of the patient;
complete disinfection and instant
removal of all excretions and other
matters that come from him; burn
ing or thorough disinfection of all
clothing, bedding, ETC., soiled by
choleraic discharges.
(13) Cholera secretions should
be regardedas more dangerous than
strychnine. Thevesselsi nto which
they are discharged should always
contain carbolic acid or other pow.
erful disinfectants; they should be
Immediately emptied, and theprivy
water-closet, sink, or drain, dowr
which their contents are thrown
should be flushed at least once {
day with carbolic acid and water
chloride Of zinc, sulphate of iron
or other equally as effective disin
fectants, Do not spare the disin
, fectants, especially in the case o
, privies and cesspools.
(l4) All clothing, carpets, tow
: els, sheets, etc, which have come
' in contact with a cholera patien
, should, if possible, be burned a
= once. On no account should the,
be sent to public laundry or wash
ed in common with the clothing o
} others. If not burned, before the.
t are sent put them in a tub of boil
D., ing water mixed with carbolic acid
/; and afterwards have them, as wei
Y as the furniture, etc, Thoroughly dis
+ infected by the free use of the fume
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