Chapter 6

INFECTIOUS OR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES

Rules to be observed in the treatment of contagious diseases-- What isolation means--The contagious sick room--Conduct and dress of the nurse--Feeding the patient and nurse--How to disinfect the clothing and linen--How to disinfect the urine and feces--How to disinfect the hands--Disinfection of the room necessary--How to disinfect the mouth and nose--How to disinfect the throat--Receptacle for the sputum--Care of the skin in contagious diseases--Convalescence after a contagious disease--Disinfecting the sick chamber--The after treatment of a disinfected room--How to disinfect the bed clothing and clothes--Mumps--Epidemic parotitis--Chicken pox-- Varicella--La Grippe--Influenza--Diphtheria--Whooping Cough--Pertussis--Measles--Koplik's spots--Department of health rules in measles--Scarlet fever--Scarlatina-- Typhoid fever--Various solutions--Boracic acid solution--Normal salt solution--Carron oil--Thiersch's solution--Solution of bichloride of mercury--How to make various solutions 599

ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES