The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12
HOME HEALTH CLUB

| ILfG1OlD FE2VER f(cOncluQed. )-Af- ter our little talk last week about what typhoid fever is and some Of the ! things responsible for it's spread. and how we can do much toward prevent | ing it, you will naturally ask: What are some of the early symptoms, and what is the best way to manage a caSe?''
 F. There is usually experienced a gen accompanied with backache, loss of Eap2etfte, constipation, heada che, leg Fache and at first a slight rise in tenn perature in the afternoon and early evening. The 1assitude and exhaust ed feeling increases until after a few days to week or ten days, the pa tient takes to his bed, and we now have a sure enough case of typhoid on our hands. What is the best course to pursue? Get a physician who knows, and let him put a com say. "this is not always possible for the average family. and the other costs too mlch.'' Very well, then, let us outline a course of home manage n1ent that has proved to be very sue cessful. The patient is put to bed in the quietest, best ventilated and easiest to-get-to-room in the house.
 Begin the treatment by giving a CO., pious injection, or enema, of warm water. to cleanse the. bowels. / FOOD: Absolutely no food is, to be given until the patient is hungry for 1t and asks for it. It is extremely hard to impress this upon the mind of average persons They believe that a sick person must be fed, ssto keep his strength up-" In reference to typhoid this conception is absolutely false In Keith, says: We tell you plainly may we urge upon you, not to give food in typhoid cases unless the appe- tite calls for food.
 Dr. J. H. Tilden who has had many years experifnce in managing typhoid eases, has this to say: q have the every three hours. with ten grains of carbonate of soda; besides the hot water the patient may have all the cold water desired. I never allow a thing has to be through with by g ociockfn in the evening" and the lights turned out for the night order a tub bath twice a day. The patient Is put in warm water, then cold water is turned on. and the warm is to be drawn until the water in the tub is the patient submerged until chilliness comes on from heat egtraction.'' Gus ually a few minutes to half an hour.) Old Dr. Keith generally used the cold towel and sheet pack He wrapped the patient in cold wet towels and over them "a wet sheet, and over all a utes to an hour the patient should perspire freely, after which he is. to be washed and rubbed dry one limb at a time to prevent chilling. He said
 
 enced atetndants
 Again quoting Dr. TiIden: "FHor the tired aching pain, which all patients At least three times a. day the pa. tient should be rubbed and kneaded gently. Every night an enema of teaspoonfu1 of salt, is used until symp toms of diarrhoea appear. thene stop, or use every other night What I rec rogni7e as critical discharge v1lp make it's appearance from the seventh to the tenth day; until this discharge appears do not give nourishment. Alone with the appearance of this dis charge will come a decided lowering of the temperature, and the puffy ab- domen will sink down and become soft; all sensitiveness to touch will disappear. Feeding should begin at this time, and never before.
 The diet for the first few days should consist of buttermi1k or tactic culture milk, After three or four days of this,s baked apples with zwei- bach may be allowed Gradually al- low fresh, ripe fruit (bananas and to- natoes excluded), fruit jelly and dry toast. After week or so of this ab- stenious diet the patient may have a little more substantial food, remern- bering that it is always better to un- der feed than to overfeed a typhoid conva1escent.
 The above is merely an outline of very simple, yet effective method of handling typhoid fever. Details may be had of the Home Health Club.