Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-02-16

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Do not swallow what you cough up.
You are swallowing so many more
germs to add to those already in your
body. A consumptive should never
sleep in the same bed with another
person. He always soils the clothing
some. and thus may give the disease to
bed fellow. The bed clothes of a
consumptive should be changed often
(every day when the disease is far ad-
vanced) and bed clothes and personal
clothing (underclothes, night clothes,
shirts, handkerchiefs, etc.) and nap
kins and towels should be kept sepa-
rate from the family wash until they
have been in boiling water for half an
hour. In half an hour the boiling
water kills any germs that are always
upon clothes used by consumptive.
A consumptive's table utensils
plate, cup, knife. fork and spoon
should always be scalded thoroughly
for five minutes at least and then
washed separately from those of
others.
A consumptive mother should never
nurse her baby. 1t is bad for the
mother and dangerous for the baby.
A consumptive should not cook and
prepare food for others, or, if this is
necessary, should use great care. The
hands should be carefully washed and
when cooking or seasoning, the spoon
used to taste the food should not be
put back into the food.
Consumptives should not engage in
business that involves the handling
of food. II they must, they should be
extremely careful.
Consumptives when travelling should
use every effort to avoid injecting
berths.
Once more, remember always that it
is by the material spit, coughed up,
that gives the disease to others. If
the stuff coughed up be properly de-
stroyed consumptive may not only
attend to his work without giving the
disease to Others, but may also thus
improve his own condition and his
chances OF getting we'll. When a con-
sumptive moves to another house, no
tify the health authorities by phone or
card, so that they can see that the old
home is properly disinfected, accord
ing to law.
The rather startling statement made
by New York meteorological special.
ist that the hem Of a woman's skirt
he had examined contained germs of
pneumonia, diptheria, scarlet fever,
tuberculosis and consumption, one
would expect would do much towards
the abandonment of long skirts for
street wear. In this particular in
stance the skirt was worn by u woman
on shopping tour and on her return
given the physician without brushing
to examine, with the result above
stated.
Do not move into house in which
person with consumption has lived
until the premises are thoroughly dis
infected. The health officer will ad-
wise how this disinfecting should be
done. Do not sleep with consump-
tive nor use the toilet articles, dishes
or other personal articles used by
them. Avoid tuberculous foods. Cat
tie are found to be especially suscepti-
BILE to consumption, and their meat as
well as milk is often full of the germs.
When meat is thoroughly cooked,
however, the germs are killed. Milk
from tuberculous cows should never be
used, and especially never for child.
rem.
Do not put money in your mouth.
Do not use a pipe, a mouth organ, a
flute or other instrument that may
have been in the mouth of consump-
tive.
Sunlight and pure air with plenty
Of oxygen kills the germs of consump.
ton. Sunlight is powerful destroyer
of the germs. Rooms should be often
we'll aired and summed. Darkened
rooms are breeders of disease. Bad
drainage is also to be avoided.
Protect all raw or wounded surfaces
from germs Of consumption.
Do not forget that every case of
consumption comes from some person
or animal that has consumption. Do
not spit in the cars, churches, the
aters, sidewalks and other public
places. If you do, the consumptive
will, and thus spread the disease.
By proper treatment nearly all con-
sumptives can recover. There is no
more necessity OF person being eaten
alive by these worms on the inside of
the body than of being eaten up by
; vermin on the outside OF the body, if
natural laws are observed and the vic.
tim makes an effort to throw Off the
invaders. Plenty of sunlight and pure
air, plenty of nourishing food and
plenty of exercise will 60 long way
toward the cure OF even very bad
case.
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