Clear directions for the prevention of the spread of fevers : a primer for girls' schools / by Frances Johnstone.

  • Johnstone, Frances.
Date:
1883
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Clear directions for the prevention of the spread of fevers : a primer for girls' schools / by Frances Johnstone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    of Lime should be stood about in saucers inX\Td°W8 °,n the Stairs are necessary, and, with tbe dalS°’ aS mUch aS ma^ be possible ZiL ° doct1ors Permission. If the patient be ‘ ^ ^ c°veied, and Ins bead both covered and iefmay be]lefit Srea% by a good admission of fresh air twice a day, in the best part of the d^y even m winter. to if,; doctor should approve of tbeuse of oHveoil to the skin, it may be applied under the clothes before the skip peels ; afterwards, when the peeling of the skin becomes profuse, it can be used all over the body twice or thrice a week, and washed off with carbolic 01 terebene soap a few hours after ; but the washing ust be managed with great care to avoid a chill to tiie patient. Under any conditions but those of the gieatest warmth and comfort, it ought to be done piecemeal, uncovering, washing, and drying with a warm towel, one limb at a time, and so on over the whole body ■ and when the hair is washed, which it must be three tunes before the convalescent mixes with other people, it should be done at bed time. The head should be wrapped in one warm towel after another and squeezed and rubbed dry without uncovering’ and should remain in a covered state all night. 17. It must be constantly borne in mind that not ling must be done to the patient, nor practised in the room, that is objectionable to the doctor in attend- ance. His word must be obeyed as to the choice of disinfectants, the opening or closing of windows, and especially as to the oiling and washing of the patient. 18 J\o scarlet fever convalescent should return to school, or to any employment, or into full intercourse with Ins family, for eight weeks from the first dis- covery of the rash. 19. No small-pox convalescent until six weeks from the appearance of the spots.