Clear directions for the prevention of the spread of fevers : a primer for girls' schools / by Frances Johnstone.

  • Johnstone, Frances.
Date:
1883
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Clear directions for the prevention of the spread of fevers : a primer for girls' schools / by Frances Johnstone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    These discharges infect 7 ■ r- , room. 2. The bed and w r T^e ?lr of the sick S.jThe privy and the eessnoo^n^fT -he Patienfc- iug from them. ^ ’ 1 * le ^rains proceed- into Se welU^Tfufe'cte X^dr P?S°n often soaks &£■££ S23Tis of aU “ The one great thing to aim it disinfect these discharge, ! , • ’ therefore^ 18 to ins substance, which is used hv *i7] Qi. . * very cheap, and may be and .half of green copperas to a^aS' „f ™ter t i,)fo1!'l1?er f,11'811' A tea-enpfnl of this liquid put into the night-pan every time before it neji i ii patient renders the bowel-discharge' perfect^ harm less. One part of Calvert’s liqufd cSo^acid Tn filty parts of water is equally efficient. To disinfect the bed and body-linen, and bed- g generally, chloride of lime, or MoJDougall’s or S' iP°n f is more convenient. These powders should be sprinkled, by means of a common roomfp °n the •»-* ‘he Ah articles of bed and body-linen should be intn11^ ’ 1im?ie?iate y 011 their removal from the bed into a bucket of water containing a table-spoonful of c lloride of lime, or McDougall’s or Calvert’s powder and should be boiled before being washed. ie privy, or closet, and all drains communi-