Hygienic measures in relation to infectious diseases / ... By George H. F. Nuttall.

  • Nuttall, George Henry Falkiner, 1862-1937.
Date:
1893
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    During epidemics the preventive measures referred to in the case of typhoid apply here also. Extra care should be taken about the cooking of the various foods. Disinfection. Proceed as in typhoid fever (page 92). 4.—Diphtheria. CAUSE : BACILLUS DIPHTHERIA. O. P. Mode of Infection, etc. The infection is spread through the bacilli in the sputa, false membrane, and secretions of the various diseased mucous membranes. The bacilli are probably present at times in the stools. Physicians and nurses are partic- ularly exposed to the danger of the infection when swab- bing the throats of patients, through the coughing of mucus and flakes of membrane into their faces. Lesions of the mucous membranes where no susceptibility exists predispose to infection. The diphtheria of pigeons, calves, pigs (not determined in the case of the cat) is not to be feared as a source of human diphtheria, the diseases being due to different specific agents, . As the bacilli resist drying they may be scattered about in the form of dust. In thin layers the bacilli