The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-19
RED CROSS HEALTH LESSONS.
Diseases We Do Not Need to Have.
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There is a theory that it is just as well veil, to let children da catch at the the
theory you IRE making a grave mistake.
The body is weakened by every illness. even hard colds. and
prevention of all sickness should be your constant aim.
Whooping cough and measles are contracted from DISCHARGES of
the nos and throat. No mother should use her own handkerchief
TO wipe her child's nose. These diseases are contracted before the
There are five common contagious diseases which have rashes-
scarlet fever, measles, German measles, smallpox and chicken px
Measles are most frequent between the ages of and 6 years.
Children under 5 months of age very seldom have them, and very
few children under year, if they are breast fed The disease usual,
y begins I from ON e tia 70 NV vel I'VE aay Sn aa,er exposure n mb M aeeor
days after the beginning of the disease. The greatest danger from
treating a child sick with the measles, darken the room as long as
German measles is the most harmless of the contagious diseases.
is very mild and takes but a short time.
between the ages of l and 5 years. Everything that comes from the
by the patent-may retain the power of infection for months. even
o. t years ratto 10 eHae III n mna te q 10 thu are msr bon IN h ba qen care
Scarlet fever may cause kidney disease. deafness, pneumonia and
Smallpox patients must be sent to a hospital. Vaccination is the
preferably be vaccinated between the time they are A and 6 months
old, and again at the ages of $ and u years.
child feels 50 well when it has chicken px that it is hard to make it
the child isno ct properly cared for in bed while there is fever.
because of its possible complications. The violent coughing some
times ~s, causes a n rupture t%ioI Pne@ nhHarso often n occurs sur during u at the disease nsd
plenty of fresh air. 1t is wrong to expose Others to this disease;
saoTfst children 9axa, oo@ ds fPSm vhoopins cough than from smallpox and
Please remember this-when you think your children might as
well have these diseases and get it ove withholding predisposes
to tuberculosis more than measles and whooping cough.
about may affect either the brain and nerve. the nose, throat and
lungs, or II nj bowels, OnlellMe all OF THESE. IL may De
followed by all of these. The patient should be kept away from the
rest of the family, just as in any other contagious disease.
After all contagious diseases the home should be thoroughly
fumigated. and all germs killed. The board of health will fumigate
for you. Ask them.
Unless the eyes of a patient III affected, don't keep him in a
dark room. Let in the sunlight, and keep the air fresh and pure.
And / wish that / had the tongue of an angel to cry to you
not to take patent medicines, or remedies which your neighbors
recommend to you. A doctor is the person who understands disease,
and a doctor is the person to consult when of your dear ones
is i'll. If you will remember this, and will remember that a cold is
one of the chief things to combat because of the weakness it en-
genders, inviting to serious diseases, you will have two of the great
est principles of health learned.
M. A. WINTERS,
Public Health Nurse.