Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-10

Bread and butter.
Chocolate cake. Stewed apples.
Iced tea with lemon.
While the good George Washington is
undeniably right in cautioning the laity
not to play the physician hit or miss,
there are times when it is up to every
women to do something and do it quickly
pending the arrival of a duly diplomacd
practitioner. There are also occasions.
times with number when intelligent pre-
vcntion is worth many times its weight
in cure.
With yellow fever knocking ut the door.
and the autumnal outbreak of typhoid
not only imminent out a. hand. the wise
woman will not only draw the Gordon
of preventive measures about the littlo
kingdom Of home, but will familiarize
herself with the opinion Of experts as to
all the first remedial agencies To be en-
ployed in case the enemy gains a foot
hold.
And first are We all able To subscribe
to the legend on the button worn by the
membc Of the Citizens Sanitary Com
mittee. that is doing such splendid work
in New Orleans? My cisterns are all
right. How are v%ours?" Is tho plumb
ing in your hone perfect" Is the water
supply pure: If YOU use we'll water. is
there any possibility of drainage from
stable or clubhouse sweeping into it. II
you have city water, do you boil it for all
drinking purposes: Is your milk supply
above Suspicion Are you fighting tho
death dealing MOSQUITO by destroying his
breeding places? Is your cellar clean.
Are your garbage pals scalded daily?
DO you wash all your salads and vcge-
tables that grow above ground (espo-
cially when they come from Italian gar
dcns) with all diligence and sanitary
thoroughness. II you could see. as ! have
seen, Italian truck gardens. watcred with
actual sewage. and gathered vegetables
frcshcned for market by n Cursory dip In
a water barrel in which n dozen dirty
children had just been given Il bath, you
would realize the necessity for a thorough
cleaning before the most tempting look
ing celery. lettuce. cabbage. tomatoes.
pcppers and other vegetables reach your
table. Are your children bathing at
beaches where the tide brings in all sorts
of fiotsam: II you arc looking after all
these sources Of possible Infection. and
St1lI we DUH IdllS " ~
has been careless, what is tho first thing
to do? call the doctor YOU say. Ger
tainly. That goes without saying. Mean
while. let me tell you. supposing the
trouble to be yellow fever. what DIR.
Lesser impressed upon his Rcd Cross
nurses over and over again, during the
Cuban war.
IN CASE or YELLOW FEVER.
The first thing he said was to wash
out the system. Starvc tho patient five
days. giving him absolutely nothing
When he vomits put quarts Of water IN
front of the bed and say drink and
vomit." Give a dose of EPSON salts. two
tablcspoonfuls in n glass of water and
follow again by ton or twelve quarts of
water. OF course, if you nave n stomach
tube, and every nurse should carry one,
IL il a much quicker and simpler matter
to insert the tube and flush out with
quarts of water. Meanwhile pressure
should be exertcd on the liver to press
the bile from the cells. When vomiting
ceases. put two te~asro"nfuls of mag
ncsia in a goblet of water and give
every half hour until the bowels move
freely Then for ten or fifteen days
treat the patient the same ms
for typhoid-diluted milk, frequent sponge
baths, etc. As the patient RECEIVERS. food
should bc given as often as the processes
Of digestion admit. No water should bt
allowed with the meals. but as much az
the patient desires to drink two hours
after milk, or two and a half hour after
solid food. The nurses. also, were for
hidden to take water with their meals
though they may have what they wish
either half an hour before or half ar
hour after eating. Cold meat was for
hidden the nurses, as also pies unless
thoroughly sterilized.
HOME NURSING FOR TYPHOID.
As soon as a case OF typhoid has start,
ed in, with extreme III feeling. a nost
bleed. rising temperature and rose rash
there ia no stopping II and the home nurse
may be as we'll prepare for a siege.
A large. airy apartment separate from
the family should be selected for tho