Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-03-12
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any symptoms OF having a CONTAGIOUS
disease 1t should be Immediately iso.
lated, that is, should be placed in a
room away from any other children
and from other members of the fam.
lily.
Until it is clearly demonstrated
that the child is not suffering from
a contagious disease care should he
taken that no person can .rbe infect
ed with discharges from the patient.
This is not a difficult matter.
In many, ii not all, of the diseases
to which children are subject the
most common method of transmitting
the disease is by the hands of the
attendant Or through articles that
have touched the mouth or nose of
tho patient. Whenever the attendant
has occasion To touch the patient and
always before she, leaves the sick
room, whether she has touched the
patient or not, she should wash her
hands carefully. If this is. done with
soap and water and the hands well
scrubbed it will be sufficient but it
would probably be better to use a So
luton of some antiseptic TO G on the
safe side.
If in addition to this al. dishes and
table utensils l. thoroughly boiled
before being used by anyone else,
there is absolutely no chance OF in
lection being carried in that way. OF
course all discharges from the patient
should he taken care of and disinfect.
ed before being emptied into the
sewer Or elsewhere.
1t is not even necessary for the at.
tendant to be isolated with the pats
ent. BY taking reasonable precautions
such as wearing a special gown in
the sick'room, and carefully washing
hands and face before leaving ihe
room, the danger Of carrying infec-
ton is reduced to such q minimum,
as to be negligible.
il the methods SO briefly outlined
were faithfully carried out in each
case the particular disease would
end with the first case, as lar as IT,.
lection from the patient was CONCERN
ed. -
Notwithstanding the simplicity OF
the method and the established safe
ty, we all know that c%ontagi,uy dis
ease still spreads, when it gets start
ed in a, community.
Quoting again from DR.. HE, who
is II of the best authorities on mod
ern public health. In answer to the
question Who Keeps the Inre ,tious
Disease Going?" he says: "Once
more the answer is-and most. nm.
phatically-WOmen in general but
chiefly after all the mother"
This on first sight. would seem to
be serious indictment of the mothers
of the land but on investigation
proves to be a compliment and a
testimony that the love and tender
ness latent in every woman blossoms
to maturity in the mother.
What mother, when her sick child
'begs to see papa before he leaves, the
house III the morning, is going TO re.
fuse? =
OF course it will probably be grant
ed with the admonition "Now. papa,
you must not 90 into the room; JUS:
open the door and speak to Johnnie"
out she knows in her heart that If
Johnnie stretches out his little arms
and in a pitiful voice pleads for papa
to kiss him or hold him in his arms
for a minute, that no doctors orders,
no board Of health rules, not even
the fear Of spreading disease is going
to restrain that father.
1t may be the baby and pet Of he
family that is convalesciDg from an
attack that has brought her to the
edge Of the grave. She cries con
.tinually and 5egs to see her brothers
or sisters and the tired and worn out
mother at her wits end to know how
to comfort her, consents to let the
children in, Just for q minute
We all know the kindhearted
heignbOr IN who is not afraid OF
any disease and a give instance af-
ter instance OF where she has called
and helped to nurse the worst
eases Of diphtleria, scarlet fever.
ne~sles, wllooping cough without
carrying the disease to anyone. It Is
hard for the worried mother to resist
temptation to let the kind neigh.
Dor take car of the little one until
herself gets u much needed rest
Dr. attends to some household duty
hat she has been compelled TO neg
Iect. .... Il
In many houses it is impossible to
out Isolation, for want of roon:
In spite Of the many drawbacks
md possible leaks in Il system Of iso.
no health officer who has once
.rjed it will willingly retura to the
system of absolute qIaran-
line.
IN our own city the sysleM Of iSo.
[ation has been followed, Us far as
possible, for the past three years and
far mas not resulted ia any in.
crease in the number Of cases o: con.
disease. l.
The system Of isolation at home al
an Improvement over olaran-
tine is not The best. however, for the
Of contagious diseases and tho
of Dur schools.
In every city there should be a well
equipped contagious diseases hospi-
tai to which all such cases could be
promptly removed and properly cared
for Few parents would object to
their children being cared for in a
with proper accommodations
and trained nurses in attendance.
In such an institution isolation
could be carried on in a thorough and
practical manner, and yet parents
and friends could be allowed to visit
he patients freely.
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