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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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Full Text | 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 . • |