Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-06

MttllDS WIN It's associated conditions.
il a Scriou disease. therefore it is ALWAYS
adyiSabe to summon a physician and
to make every possible effort to prevent
the spread of the disease.
The patient should be kept entirely
away. from other children on adults who
have not had the disease, and 1t is ad-
visable to confinc the patient to a well
lighted. well ventilated room. with win
dows screened. and if possible with SOU
therly exposure and remote from other
occupied. rooms in the house.
This room should be stripped of fan
cy curtains. carpets and upholstery and
all other furniture not necessary for the
comfort of the occupants.
II has long been known that measles
and whooking cough in children are cs-
peciaily Liable to he followed by tubcr-
culosis of the lungs.
Make up diSinfecting solutions by adj
ding oue-Ialf ounce Of Chiorinated Lime
tChloride of Lime or Bleaching Powder
to one gallon of water. or three teaspoon
fuls of Liquor CresoIis C%ompositus or
three tcaSpoonfuls of Ceolin or eight tea
Spoonfuls of Forma'dehydc TAT least
81 II per cent TO Il pint of water. The
solution Of ForInaldehvde is preferred
A tub or other vessel containing Il suf-
ficicnt quantity of one of the disinfecting
solutions should be kept III a convenient
place for soaking bed and body linen.
Place all such clothing in this vessel
Immediately upon removal from the bed
or from the body Of the patent. and allow
| it 10 soak for al least three hours. after
which it should be boi'cd for at least
one-half hour.
Do not carry such infected clothing
through the house or store il with 9th
cr soiicd material.
Cloths used for the collection of the
discharges from the nose and throat
should he burncd!.H ~ ,"f"f'
| ga y, -, ny ta
'Recepi;ic'r continuing the Liquor Gre,
\ soils of the ForlialGeliyde should he Kept
outside The SEX room door for the re
coption &c plates and eating utensils of
all Kinds.
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Remnants of food left hy the patient
should be burned.
( The nurse or attendant shou'd not use
eating utensils or drinking vessels from
ers to do il until they have been boiled
for at least Onc-half hour.
! 4 basin or other vessel containin. Ri
chloride Of Mercury Solution tone tablet
to one quart Of water. or other good anti
septic solution should be kept constant
~ made up so that the hands may be
Immediately washed after handling any
Sccrctions or clothing from the patient.
The air Ct the sick room cannot be dis
infected during its occupancy by the pa
ticnt.
The practice of hanging up cloths sat
uratcd with carhOli" acid or of pacing
sauccrS of C~h'Orinatcd Lime or proprie-
tary disiufcctantS in the sick room is
not on y annoying to t. patient. but ut
tcrly useless and often injurious.
IN abundance Of fresh air should be
admitted to the room. but the patient
shou d be protected from direct drauglhs
Individual milk bottles should not be
taken into or removed from the premises
during the existence of the disease.
Exclude domestic animals and DESTROY
all insects i'll the room. especially flies.
The householder should set a vessel
out to receive the ilk. and the person de
l~iyering the milk should pour it into
such vussc. without touching it with his
hand or with the vessel from which it is
poured.
AS diSinfccting agents are poisonous
when taken internally, such drugs and
solutions should always be plainly lab
clcd and kept out Of the reach Of child,
rem. s~
Following the recovery. death or rcmov
a of the patient. the sick room and it.