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should be used ; or a pocket spittoon, which may be obtained from any
chemist and druggist.
When a proper vessel is not at hand, and also for wiping the mouth,
a piece of rag or paper, or paper handkerchief, which can be burned,
should be used. These after being used should never be carried loose in
the pocket, but in a tobacco pouch, sponge bag, or other water-proof
receptacle. On returning home the paper or rags should be burnt, and
the pouch or bag well washed with disinfectant. If an ordinary handkerchief
is used, it should be kept wet until it can be put into boiling
water and washed.
The spit if collected in a cup, bottle, or spittoon, must be destroyed
by being put on to a clear fire. This is the simplest, quickest, and safest
way of destroying the microbe.
When there is no fire, wash the spit, at least twice a day, into the
water-closet, or bury it in the earth.
The spit vessel, after emptying, must be soaked for ten minutes in
boiling water and then be thoroughly cleansed.
A consumptive person must not kiss or be kissed on the mouth, there
is a great possibility that the germs of the disease may be carried from
the lips.
A consumptive mother should not suckle her baby.
A consumptive person should, if possible, sleep in a separate bedroom,
and in any case should occupy a separate bed.
But the best place for him is a Sanatorium.
General Precautions.
Clothing, towels, sponges, bedding, etc., should not be used in common
by consumptives and healthy people. Consumptives should have special
articles for their own use. Special feeding utensils, such as cups, saucers,
plates, knives, forks, spoons, should be provided for consumptives, and
should not be used by any other persons until they have first been boiled
in water. A consumptive who smokes must not allow another person to
use his tobacco pipe.
Rooms (-sleeping rooms especially) occupied by consumptives, and