Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-24

When attention is directed "a q
disease. the first effect is TO produce an
apparent increase in the death rate
from that disease. Consumption mas
passed through that stage. 1t is We'll in
To the stage where continued persisten;
repressive effort has made itself mani
fest by a material decrease in the death
rate. There is Il little evidence mere
and there that the third stage is beng
approached-that in which. as the
disease has been pushed back 20
handleable proportions. efforts for COM
plete control of its are justified.
Philip of Edinburgh more than amy
one else is RESPONSIBLE for the most cf-
fictive of our present methods of fight
ing: that is. the care of cases in Their
homes with nurses and through dis
penSarieS.
We are told by the national society
that 1000 visiting tuberculosis nunsvs
are now i'm the field and that there are
more than 400 tuberculosis clinics III
the United States. In 1913 the munich
pal tuberculosis nurses visited l2.5?,
cases of consumption. These nurses
hold monthly meetings for discussion.
The remainder of this article is COM
posed of extracts from lectures by some
of these nurses.
Speaking of provision for outdoor
sleeping. Miss MacConachie. head nurse
of st. Elizabeth'S, said:
u fresh alI room. select Tue
best lighted and best ventilated room,
preferably one with southern exposure.
tor the patient to sleep in. All super
fluous furniture and h%angings should
be removed. In doing this. however, the
room need not be made cheerless:
small rugs. washable curtains. and Gre
or two cheerful pictures MAJ be all
lowed.
There should be some means of Sc
curing cross ventilation in all sleeping
rooms. as for the ideal fresh air room
this is most essential. When this can-
not be arranged and when there are
windows only on one side OF the room
and Il transom is lacking. the windows
should be open at both upper and
lower sashes. This arrangement al
lows the bad air to escape through the
opening at the top. while fresh air en-
tiers below. The French window which
opens from floor to ceiling by swing
ing inward is to be recommended for
the ideal sleeping room.
In Ventilating a room which is .uscd
FOR a sitting room IN the day time, es-
pecially in stormy weather.. it is some-
tlmes necessary to protect the patient
from q direct draft. For this purpose a
shield may be made from an ordinary
piece OF hardwood board. eight inches
wide. or larger. and long enough to fit
in between the side castings. 1t can b.
covered with wire netting. cheese cloth.
or muslin. There are u variety OF wind
shields on the market. called sash
ventilators, or air deflectors.
window 1ents-In the treatment OF
tuberculosis the window tent was orig
inally devised to give fresh air to pa
tlents In their own rooms. To a poor
family the window tent has an eco
nom1c advantage, especially if the room
where The patient lies serves as a living
room for the rest of the family. The
fact that the we'll members should not
shiver is of vital Importance in many
respects.
"A simple home window tent one
which can be made easily in the homes
OF the poor. consist of a straight piece
OF denim or canvas hung from the top
of the window casing and attached to
the outer sid of the bed. The space
between this and the window casing
on each side--is closed with the same
material. properly cut and fitted. Ten
10 II yards of cloth are necessary. If
would be o SO; if of canvas. about
$4.50
If this cannot be obtained. take two
large. heavy cotton sheets. sew them
together along the edge: tack one end
on to the top of the window casing and
fasten the other end to the bed rail
with tape There will be enough cloth
hanging on each side to form the sides
of the tent. and this should be tackled
to the window castings.
IN manufactured window tents are
all constructed practically on the same
principle. The difference between them
Is in their shape and the manner of
their operation.
window tents nave a few advan-
tages. The patients prolonged rest in
ped VIII be more endurable when he is
permitted to look out on the street and
watch life than when he is obliged to
gaze at the four walls OF his room. Also
patents VINO can be persuaded only
with difficulty to sleep with the win
DOW wide open will not hesitate when
Draft. which the patient usually
breads. particularly in cold weather
and when he perspires, need not be
feared when sleeping in a window tent.
Further. this limits the possible in
tent. which is obviously an advantage.
While. as a matter of course, the pa
tient will have been taught to always
hold his napkin before his mouth when
ne coughs and sneezes. this Is not al
ways done and cannot he done when
coughing in sleep. The constant ex-
posure to air and light of the bacili.
which may have been expelled with the
saliva and remain adhered to the cam
vas. Will Q destroy them. Also the
canvas or the tent is attached to the
frame by simple bands and Its removal
from the frame for thorough cleansing.
washing and disinfection is thus made
easy.
Sleeping Porches-One of the
most Important arrangements for
outdoor sleeping is the sleeping porch.
To be convenient it should have an
entrance from a bedroom and, when
possible, from a hall; for every out
door sleeper should have. during cold
weather a warm apartment in connec-
tion with his open air sleeping room.
Ihe best exposure in Illinois is south.
southeast or east. Sleeping out should