An aboriginal girdle / by Edgar R. Waite.

  • Waite, Edgar R. (Edgar Ravenswood), 1866-1928
Date:
[1923]
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Credit: An aboriginal girdle / by Edgar R. Waite. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The models shown in figure 18 show various phases of public health nursing. TUBERCULOSIS A number of externally very dissimilar diseases, almost all of which are chronic, are included under the name of tuberculosis. The proof that these apparently dissimilar maladies have a common origin and therefore are essentially of the same nature was brought about in 1882 by Koch’s discovery of the Bacillus tuberculosis. This microorganism, which is found in all diseases connected with tuberculosis, causes within the body the formation of small tubercles and the production Fig. 18.—Public health nursing models. of inflammatory processes. Decay, destruction, and ulceration ensue, because the tubercles and the inflamed tissue gradually change into a dry, white, crumbling mass, resembling cheese, with concomitant sup¬ puration. The ulcers form the entrance for other disease germs, by whose agency the characteristic symptoms of the disease may be changed in various ways. A frequent co-symptom of tuberculosis is the so-called hectic fever, which causes considerable rise in the tem¬ perature of the body at definite periods of the day, especially in the evening, and, together with profuse perspiration at night, awakens the patient. Sometimes this fever betrays itself in the patient at an early stage of the disease by sharp-edged red spots on the cheeks, which become especially visible during slight exertion, sense impressions, and emotions.