Evening star., 1914-08-09
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considerable weakening of the heart muscle following
fevers Consequently the heart must be given time to
regain its normal before much strain again put
upon it by the violent exgences of play
The eyes may be bathed with little warm normal
salt solution Ia teaspoonfu of table salt to the pint OF
water) little vaseline olive oil will prevent the
lids from @guing together" during the night. Indeed,
of the eyes very essential as many cases OF
chronic eye trouble result from attack of measles
The comfort of the patient may be greatly enhanced
bv sponging the body with tepid water and alcohol
peciay when the fever is high Sometimes cloths
wrung of applied to the head are of de-
cided advantage.
Speaking of baths recalls that it the common
custom until dozen years ago-1s yet, IN some very
backward places-for mothers to rejoice and wax ex-
ceedng glad when little Brother Sister developed,
during the of measles, extra good rash;
this on the basis that the children getting rid of
lot of humor and also that it was better out than IN
The proposal give the little tads relief and comfort,
and at the same time reduce their fever by clubbing
them or applying wet packs, would be met by an IN
credulous 4Why you don't want to drive the rash IN
do you?" This driving in process generally held
result in convusons, other serious consequences
Now know that the rash outside simply indicates
approximately what is going inside The more rash,
the more severe the disease.
The food should be extremely light. Nutritious
broths soft boiled eggs, milk elies Junkets, toast,
and those dishes which experience has proved agree
with the particular child best. Oatmeal and sweet
ened mushes because of their tendency to cause fer
mentation and thereby increase the fever should be
left until such time the patient is strong enough to
withstand their harmful influence. 1t is also wise to
remember that tissue cannot be built up waste re-
paired by starchy gruels; for does not live by
starch alone Starch may stick paper; but it does not
stick to the ribs.
Pet animals should be carefully excluded from the
room of a measles patient Children have a habit of
fondng and nuzzlng and dogs and, while perhaps
it has been definitely proved that pets have con-
veyed measles, all opportunities and means for 50 doing
certainly present in them and their furry coats.
WHILE it is generally held that one visitation OF
measles confers immunity from succeeding at
tacks there record OF second, or
even third, attacks.
1t may surprise many know that measles, occurring
among uncvilized peoples is dreadfuy fatal disease,
whole tribes being literally wiped out of existence by its
ravages. When it first introduced into the FIJI
Islands, and had chance breed in bodies that had
not undergone certain degree of mmunlzation to 1t,
such exists in civilized countries the natives
died by thousands. Twenty thousand pershed in less
than year. in fact, the epidemic did not itself
until every person the islands had either died. or
had the disease and recovered from it.
1t is well known that when adult gets the measles
he agets it good" And he can be about sick with
attack of with almost anything he could pick out
for experimental purposes. When it a1icts army
where sanitary precautions are usually conspicuous by
their absence-it claims heavy toll. For instance,
some years ago, in the war between Brazil and Para
quay 1t swept away one-thlrd OF the faraguaya army
in less than three months; and during Civil War
there than thrtyeigh thousand cases in the
Confederate army alone with total of nineteen thou
sand deaths.
In the United States, the present time, the annual
mortality from measles is about thirty in one hundred
thousand; large, perhaps, considering the total
number of cases, but just thirty hundred thou
sand more than there should be.
For measles has no reason for existence than
has plague typhus. These diseases have been prac
ticaly stamped this hemisphere. This
complished by investigating their and methods