Report to the Local Government Board on the sanitary circumstances of the Axbridge Rural District, Somerset / by Dr. Reginald Farrar.

  • Farrar, Reginald, 1861-1921.
Date:
1910
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report to the Local Government Board on the sanitary circumstances of the Axbridge Rural District, Somerset / by Dr. Reginald Farrar. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Theory. 5. Household expenses. 6. Management of fires, gas and oil lamps. Fire guards—gas escape. 7. Clothing. Diff in character of woollen linen and cotton—women’s dress—clothing of infants. 8. Food. U ses — classification—principal food stuffs. 9. Effects of exercise, rest and sleep on health. Practice. Keeping accounts. Cleaning of lamps and glasses. Use of clinical thermometer. Bandaging. Bandaging. Section II.—Home Nursing. 10. Preparation and care of sickroom. Choice of room—decoration and furniture—ventilation and warm¬ ing—cleaning. 11. Nursing of sick patient. Qualification of a good sick nurse — nurses’ dress — bed rests—cradles—bedsores. 12. Emergencies. Cuts — burns — scalds — bites— unconsciousness. 13. Infectious diseases. How communicated—Immunity to disease—disinfectants— zymotics. 14. Treatment of infectious case. General precautions — special points concerning individual fevers. 15. Washing, dressing, and making bed of sick patient. 16. Uses of poultices. Linseed, and bread and mustard poultices. 17. Uses of fomentations and lini¬ ments. 18. Sickroom beverages. Measuring and giving medicine. Washing sickroom crockery. Treatment for cuts, burns, and scalds. Treatment for unconscious¬ ness. Bandaging. Changing sheets. Making of poultices. Making of fomentations. Making of beverages. Section III.—Care and Management of Children. 19. Milk as a food for infants and Preparation of infants’ food. children. 20. Food, clothing, and rest for Cleaning of feeding bottles. children. 21. Ailments of Children. Bandaging.
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