A manual of practical hygiene, for students, physicians, and medical officers / by Charles Harrington.

  • Harrington, Charles, 1856-1908.
Date:
1902
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Credit: A manual of practical hygiene, for students, physicians, and medical officers / by Charles Harrington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    person on the list furnished him by the officers of the vessel of every person on board such observations as may seem to him to be advisable concerning the condition of said person's present or previous state of heal til. Medical officers will invariably assist masters of vessels in treat- ment of members of crew or passengers taken sick on board vessels and should make notes of such treatment in writing to be sent to the quarantine officer at home ports. 3. Vessels shall not touch at any infected port or have any com- munication with any vessel during their voyage except in case of dis- tress. '' 4. They shall not touch at such ports or stations as are not men- tioned in their schedule, Avhich hitter shall be communicated to the board of health. 5. They shall be rec{uired to make a full disclosure when arriving at quarantine station of all ports and places they have visited on their voyage. 6. They may take on board a crew^ of laborers after inspection by the medical officer and disinfection of clothing of such crew for such healthy point where they permanently reside and remain, the crew being as nearly as possible composed of the same men. The captain or other officer may go ashore only for the purpose of entering or clear- ing vessels. Any further communication with shore or natives will be considered a violation of regulations, and vessels in default will be treated accordingly. 7. These vessels shall be cleansed, and, when necessary, disinfected in the city of New Orleans after discharge of cargo. Sanitary Cordon. What is known as a sanitary cordon ('< cordon sanitaire) consists of an extended line of guards thrown about a district to prevent access thereto or egress therefrom of any person or thing which may act as the carrier of infection. The object is, in other words, to protect the dis- trict from infei'tion from the surrounding country or to protect the lat- ter from, infection from the district. Sometimes a double line is estab- lished, the territory intervening being, perha]is, only suspected of being infected. Cordons are not uncommonly established in the South against yellow fever, but are practically unknown in the North. In California, in 1900, a cordon was maintained, for a short time only, against a district in which cases of bubonic plague were believed to be concealed. Municipal Quarantine. Municipal quarantine comprehends measures for isolating those sick with certain of the infectious diseases, such as scarlet fever, di])litheria, and smallpox, keeping others under observation, and disinfecting rooms and houses and objects contained therein which maybe capable of har- boring infection. It is beyond dispute that public safety requires that certain sick should be shut off from free communication with the out- side world. This isolation is most complete and entails less hardship