Tuberculosis : its symptoms, cure and prevention

              THE F LOORS and all furniture should be cleansed thoroughly with at least
a two per cent disinlectant solution. The walls and ceiling s hould either be
cleansed in a similar way or s hould be painted or papered.
IT IS exceedingly dangerous for one with tuberculosis to kiss anyone on the
. • Ups and it Is nothing short of criminal for one with
KIssing tubercu losis to kiss children in the mouth. No one who
has any cough or expectoration should kiss children at a ll .
IT IS sa fe st to use
Dishes and
Drinking
Vessels
separate dishes and drinking "essels. It Is also better
to have di shes of a diffe rent color or shape for the
patient, so that they won't get mixed with the others.
Unless the pa tlent"s dishes are kept sepa rate. they
should either be bolleo for five minutes or soaked for
one hour in a two per cent disinfec tant solution before
being washed.
PUT everything which the patient has had In his mouth, such as apple cores,
Disposal of grape hu lls, toothpicks. or other articles, In a paper to
S . be burned. Scraps of food which the patlent leaves may
urplus Food be fed to hogs, dogs and chlckerls, If boiled first. Other·
THE patient's
La undry
wise, they should be burned.
clothes, bed linen and towels should either be boiled for fi,·e
minutes or soaked for one hour In a two per cent disln·
fectan t solution before being washed or sent to the
la undry.
THE ]1IIl!ent should never sleep with anyone. A SCREENED sleeping porch
Sleep Alone Is best. It t hl ij Is 1I0t a vailable, a well·ventlla ted room
should be used and the windows should remain open day
and night. Bummer and winter.
THE persons
Cleanliness
who walt on the patient should wash their hauds thoroughly
with soap and water e\·e ry time after handling the
patient. the bed linen. the sputum cups, or anytblng
else about tbe patient.
THE dry sweeping of rooms should ne\'er be allowed, as the clouds of dust
Dangers of
Sweeping and
Dus ting
thus raised may contain germs, which are breathed
directly Into the lungs. Therefore, a ll broom sweeping
shou ld be preceded by strewi ng the fl oor with damp
sawdUst. old tea leaves, or bits of wet pa per or some­thing
similar. and If it Is at all possible, vacuum sweep-ing
or cleaning be done.
IN THE home the chief danger Is to children, a lthough adults may a lso be
In fected. The two chief sources of Infection for children a re : firet , con·
Children Much
More Susceptible
To Infection
Than Adults
sumptlve rela tives or fell ow lodgers, and second. Infected
rooms, dwe llings or dishes. Children a re apt to be kissed,
aud fondled. and In this way the germs may be car ried
di rectly to them. Aga in tbey play round on the fioors,
too often In fected with spit, and thus acquire the t rou·
ble, Therefore, tbe killing or londling 01 chfldren bl/
flck relative, or lriend, sho1lld be prohlblled, a, lvell a,
th e bad habit 01 leeding t henl Irom the spoons and
/Jlate, 01 sl(ch people. Indeed, as far as possible. child ren should be kept
from their sick relatives as long as the latter cough and spit. Ohi/ar en shovJa
1I0t 1I011d le anything 10Mch is halldled /)y tube1"culosis pallents an(t t hey
espeCial/v sliOUld not eat fruit, candl/, Chel(; ing·g um-anllth hlg, in fa ct, lOhlCh
l)a t lc nts /lave handled. Nei /i ler sllould /1161/ be allow6{/ to 16an against or
1)/all IIpon a bed 01 a tube1"CII /0818 patient.
SCREEN the patient's room so fIS to keep out fl ies. It a llowed to swarm
over the pa tient. they wlli carry the germs to the
Germ Carriers kllchen and dining room and will likely Infect tbe other
members of the family.
IF THE pallent has tubercul081s of the bowels or kidneys, the stools a nd
. urine need to be disi nfected. This can be done by add·
TuberculOSIS of Ing tw ice as much fi\'e per cent disinfectant solution or
the Bowels twice as much of a solution made by adding half a
or I{idneys pound of the chloride of lime to one gallon of water a nd
by allowing It to sland for three hours. If the bowels
and kidneys are not diseased, no such Jlrecautions are necessary .
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