The Laws of health.

  • Nabarro, David, 1874-
Date:
1905
Catalogue details

Licence: In copyright

Credit: The Laws of health. 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.

    170/208 (page 158)
    already made the head bleeding and sore so that scabs have formed, the hair should be cut very short, the scaJjs soaked off with warm oil, and then some ' white precipi- tate ' ointment put on the places from which the scabs were removed. The child should be prevented from scratching its head, otherwise the blood and poisonous matter will lodge under the nails, and be spread lo other parts of the head and possibly the face. 231. Riiigworm is a disease due to germs, which may affect the head or the body. It is very difficult to treat when on the head, because the disease spreads by means of the cap from one part of the head to another. It may last for a year or more unless thoroughly treated. The head should be shaved, and a piece of thin paper sewn into the cap and changed every day, so that the disease may not be spread by means of the cap. The actual treatment should be left to the doctor. A child with ringworm should not be allowed to hang his cap up on the pegs, either in school or at home, because in that way the disease may be spread to others. CONCLUSION In these pages I have endeavoured to tell you, as simply as possible, something about the structure and working of that wonderful machine, the human body. I have also given you the most important rules to be followed if you would live healthy and happy lives. It has taken many pages to tell the story, but the ' Laws of Health' can be summed up in a very few lines: