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On the appearance of the earliest symptoms of Measles the
child should be put to bed in a room by itself in which a fire is
burning. Adequate ventilation of the room should be maintained
by opening the window a few inches at the top; but on
no account must the child be exposed to a draught. During
convalescence great care must be taken to prevent the child
taking cold.
A set of feeding utensils—plates, spoons, forks, &c.—-should
be set apart for the patient's use, and before being used by
other members of the family must be disinfected by washing
in boiling water; so also sheets, nightdresses, pocket handkerchiefs
and the like must be boiled in the copper. Old pieces of
rags as these can be put on the fire and burnt, may advantageously
be used for wiping the eyes and nose. The room
and its contents, on the recovery of the patient, should receive
a little simple disinfection. Thus the bedding and clothing
should be hung about the room over the bedstead and chairs,
and freely exposed to the fresh air, the window being widely
opened top and bottom for this purpose for about six hours,
and all parts of the room and furniture well scrubbed and
washed with plenty of soap and hot water.
WHOOPING COUGH.
WHOOPING COUGH and MEASLES are frequently
associated, that is to say, that the one often follows the other.
The characteristic "Whoop" is not present at the onset
of the cough, frequently a fortnight before it develops.
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