The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised by William Spooner.

Date:
1900
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Credit: The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised by William Spooner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sinall-pox, typhus fever, yellow fever, scarlet fever, and measles are infectious; that is to say, they may ho communicated from one person to another by means of the air, or by the clotliing, or by personal contact. Cholera, typhoid fever, and probably dys- entery, are contagious through the medium of the ])owel discharges, and not by any other means. If any such disease break out, see that the direc- tions under the head of cleanliness are carried out ere?’?/ day. If possible, at once separate the sick men from the rest of the crew. If no other place is available, put them in one of the boats protected by an awning. Everything that passes from the sick men, upwards or downwards, must be thrown overboard immediately, and the utensils purified. Tlie Iiold and closets and all foul places must be mopped out frequently with one of the disinfecting fluids. Chloride of lime may be used for this purpose also, one pound to each gallon of water. The bed and body clothes must either be burnt or disinfected in the followiim manner, riunofe them into boiling water with a little carbolic acid in it, and keep them there for two or three liours, then lay them out on the deck to dry. The ship may be afterwards purified as follows: Put six to eight ounces of sulphur in a pipkin or earthen vessel and hang or place it over a liucket
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