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Measures to be taken when Small Pox or Fever
of any kind is present.
1.—Every person suffering from Small Pox or 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
be hung outside the door.
3.—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.— I he discharges from the bowels and kidneys should be
received into vessels charged with the same disinfectants.