The health of the school child / by W. Leslie Mackenzie.

  • Leslie Mackenzie
Date:
1906
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    creator of German orderliness. Some other nations are as military, but not as orderly. I am inclined, therefore, to think that we habitually attribute more influence to military discipline as such than it deserves. Precautions for Re-vaccinated Children 1. No children must come for re-vaccination on the ordinary day from any house in which there are infectious diseases, such as scarlet fever, measles, diphtheria, croup, whooping-cough, typhus, erysipelas, or small-pox. 2. At the time of vaccination, the children must appear with clean skin, clean linen, and clean clothing. 3. After vaccination the greatest care must be taken that the child is kept as clean as possible. 4. The development of the vaccination mark takes place in from three to four days, and as a rule is attended with so slight disturbance of the general con- dition that absence from school on that account is not necessary. Only when exceptional fever comes on is the child to remain at home. If the vaccina- tion marks show excessive redness and swelling, they are to be treated with dressings soaked in cold water previously boiled. The dressings must be frequently changed. The children may continue their usual bath. The physical exercise must be dropped from the third to the fifth day in all those that show vaccination vesicles. The vaccination marks, so long as they are not healed, must be care- fully protected from dirt, scratching, and bruising, as