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persons breathing it may become infected. Taking these things
into consideration, it will be seen that it is nccessary, if possible,
to destroy and annihilate this poison before it leaves the room
where the person is whose body has produced it.
The following directions, drawn up by Dr. W. Budd, should
in all eases bo carried into effect:—
1. The room should be cleared of all needless woollen or
other draperies which might possibly serve to harbour the
poison.
2. A basin, charged with chloride or carbolate of lime, or
some other convenient disinfectant, should be kept constantly
on the bed for the patient to spit into.
3. A large vessel, containing water, impregnated with
chlorides, or with Condy's fluid, should always stand in the
room for the reception of all bed and body-linen immediately
on its removel from the person of the patient.
4. Pocket-handkerchiefs should not be used, and small pieces
of rag employed instead for wiping the mouth and nose. Each
piece, after being once used, should be immediately burnt.
5. As the hands of nurses of necessity become frequently
soiled by the secretions, a good supply of towels and two
basins—one containing water with Condy's fluid or chlorides,
and another plain soap and water, should be always at hand
for the immediate removal of the taint.
0. All glasses, cups, or other vessels, used by or about the
patient, should be scrupulously cleaned before being used by
others.
7. The discharges from the bowels and kidneys should be
received on their very issue from the body into vessels charged
with disinfectants.
By these measures the greater part of the germs which are
thrown off by internal surfaces may be robbed of their power
to propagate the disease.
The poisonous germs that are thrown oft from the skin