Sick nursing / by H. Drinkwater.

  • Drinkwater, H. (Harry), 1855-1925
Date:
1907
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Credit: Sick nursing / by H. Drinkwater. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    j The most infectious period is the two days preceding the I appearance of the rash. Thus we find in measles five distinct stages. I 1st. Incubation. ! 2nd. Onset or invasion. 3rd. Eruption. 4th. Decline. 5th. Convalescence. Similarly five stages can be detected or recognised in all fevers that have a characteristic rash. What these special features are will be seen when each fever is considered I separately. We must now consider— (1) How measles is spread. (2) Treatment oi a. cd.%e. This is divided into three parts— Quarantine or isolation. Hygienic treatment, including diet, and Disinfection. The germs of measles are believed to be specially abundant in the discharge from the nostrils and air passages. They may therefore easily become diffused throughout the air of a room, and by being inhaled by another individual may thus spread the disease. Quarantine means the separation of the patient as far as possible from others who have not already suffered from the same disease. As soon as a child is suspected of showing signs of measles, it should be kept away from other children, and such isolation should last until after the rash has faded. Treatment.—The child must be kept in bed, in a room the temperature of which is a little over 60°. It must be pro- tected from cold draughts, but the room must be well ventilated. The diet is to consist chiefly of milk, water, barley-water. When the child asks for a change, give bread, gelatine (calPs- foot jelly) and meat broth. The white of egg beaten up in
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