The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-09-02
NOTES ON TREATMENT
soME SPECIAL MEASURES Against
rHE CHOLERA.
Advice on Living -Uuarantine-fiuriai
Precautions To he Observed Most
Carefully


OF the SICK; their proper treatmeht' au
solute aud rapid destruction of the IL
fections agent of the disease. not only 4
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ing, bedding, and IN or upon wbateve
il finds resting place.
% The convalescent should RENAL,
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isoia'eu nun ."e "e"i'"S ~ io"b
their stools possibly contain any OF tn
disintecting agent; before mingllnt
again with the wei they should be im
mersed IN dlsintecting bath ana after
wards be clothed from the skin outward
with perfectly clean Vestments' whicl
cannot possibly contain any OF the IN
fectious material.
30. The dead should be well wrapped
IN cloth thoroughly saturated IN q solu-
ton otcorrosiVe subiimate TO 900 and
without delay, cortege or lengthy cere
monial, buried near tho place OF death
IN deep grave, remote as possible from
water which may under any cireum-
stances be used Tor drinking, washing,
culinary or other domestic purposes.
Cremation, OF course Is by FAR the SAT
est way OF dlsposlng OF cholera cadav-
ers.
4th. Those handling the SICK or the
dead should he careful To disintect their
hands and soiled clothing at once, and
especially beiofe touching articles Of
tood. drinking, or culinary vessels
Oth. IN the case OF maritime quar-
anime, the well should be disembarked
ana placed under observation IN quar-
ters spacious enough toavold crowdlngi
ana so wei appointed ana furnished
mat none VIII surfer real hafdships.
oth. once having rehched the sta
tion, those under observation should he
separated IN groups OF not more than
Twelve TO twenty-iour, ana the various
groups should, under no pretext, inter
mlngie. The quarters Tor each group
should afford stationary lavatories and
water-closets IN perfect working condi-
,loh' adequate 10 tue needs OF the indi.
Vluuais constituting the group and
supplied with proper means OF disinfec.
non. There should be bed raised
above the noor, proper coverings, and a
chair for each member OF the group,
each person being required TO use only
MS own bed. There should be com
mon table OF suificient size to sit around
u all the members OF the group, who
shouiu De served thelr meals from a
central Kitchen, ana with table furni-
lure belonging TO the station ana clean
eu Oy the common kltchen solutions.
dh. Drinking water, Tree from posi-
Die CONTAMINATION and OF the best quail
lty, should De distributed IN the quarters
OF each group as II Is needed, and 10
such manner that u Is received IN
drinking cups only There should he no
water buckets or other large vessels in
which handkerchiefs, small vestments.
children's diapers, etc can be washed
by the members of any group.
sth. Immediately after being separa-
ted into groups in their respective
quarters, every person under observation
should be Obliged to strip and get into
bath Ia disinfecting one is preferablel,
and afterwards be clothed with fresh.
clean vestments from the skin outward.
Every article of clothing previously
worn should be taken away and prop
erly disinfected.
9th. Then all the personal effects
should be at once removed to a separate
building. washed df possible), and
thoroughly disinfected, or, if necessary,
destroyed. After disinfection they
should be temporarily returned to the
members of the groups, when occasion
requires further change of clothing.
ever should washing of clothing by those
under observation be permitted. All
used clothing should be fir thoroughly
dislnfected (by boiling, when possible),
and then should be cleansed, the disin-
lection and washing being done by
sufficiently trained and absolute reliable
corps OF employees supplied with ade-
quate appliances.
llth. All those under observation
should be mustered IN their own quar-.
tiers, and subjected to close medical
inspection ~hife on her Jeet, at
least twice every day, In order to dis
cover and isolate, as soon as possible,
new cases winch may deveiope; and. OF
course, the clothing and bedding OF
these new cases should be treated with
out deiay IN the manner already men
TONED. In the meantime, watch
snouiu DE SET over the water'ciosets Tor
the purpose OF discovering cases OF
diarrhoea, ana, when discovered, such
cases should De temporarily separated
from the rest: ihey should receive
Judicious medical attention at once,
and precautions should lie taken as If
they were undoubted but mid cases OF
choiere.
isth. Inc quarters shouid be Kept
thoroughly clean, ana every surface
upon which INFECTIOUS material could
possibly DE deposited, including the
noors, shouid De washed with strong
disiniectant twice daily. and oftener
wnen necessaTy; Evacuations from the
bowels should be passed into a strong
disinfectant; the hopper, OF the closet
should be then flushed and finally
drehched with quantity OF the same
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ION; for the proper attention OF the
SICK, mere shoulu DO TWO or more com
Petent anu experienceu physicians. as
sisted oy suIhcieht corps OF Intelligent
ana eincieht nurses, with hours OF duty
so arranged that physlcian' with a
suiiicient number OF nurses. be in con-
staht attehuahce III the warus OF tine
hospitai'
| i4th. TOT 'ne prompt recognition ana
separation Oh new Cases their tempor
AIRY meuicai attehtioh, the proper treat
ment Oh uisco'ereu cases OF uiarrhoa
OF cnolerihe anu Oh other maiauies, ana
VIC iu'uieuiatc coiieotio, VI every IN
SANITARY pIac'ice y, conuitioh ny con
stant, v,euaht anu ihtehigeht super
VISION, tnere snouIu oe AT ieast TWO OF
more competent anu experienced phy
sicians, WIN hours so arranged that
physician rs on duty night ana day
among those unaer observation; ana 1t
shouIo nave, suoJect 10 nus orders a,
any anu every moment a snfncient and
emcieht corps OF nurses ana isborers t'
carry out properly ana promptly hi
uirections.
iotn. In order 10 prevent the inter
minging OF the various groups, to en-
iorce ooedience ana order, and to maxi
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