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Measures to be taken when Fever of any kind
is present.
1.—Every person suffering from Fever should be placed as
early as possible under the care of a qualified Medical Practitioner.
2.—The patient should be at once separated, as efficiently as
circumstances will permit, from the other inmates of the house, and
if possible, should be placed in a top room. A sheet kept wet with
a solution made by thoroughly mixing a quarter of a pint of Carbolic
Acid, No. 4, with a gallon of water, should bo hung up outside the
door.
8.—All bed-curtains and other hangings, and carpets, and all
articles of dress, &c., in wardrobes and cupboards, should be removed
from the room.
4.—The patient's room should be well ventilated, but not
needlessly draughty: windows should be kept partially open, and
the communication with the chimney free. A fire generally aids
ventilation.
5.—Pieces of rag, being inexpensive, should be used for wiping
discharges from the mouth and nose, and should be immediately
burnt after use.
6.—A basin, containing Chloride of Lime or Condy's Fluid, or
some of a solution made by dissolving a pound of Green Copperas in
a gallon of water, should be kept at hand to receive the patient's
spit or vomit.
7.—The discharges from the bowels and kidneys should bo
received into vessels charged with the same disinfectants.