A System Of Practical Therapeutics Vol 4 Classic Reprint

Author : Hobart Amory Hare
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780259996248
Total Pages : 934 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book A System of Practical Therapeutics, Vol. 2 written by Hobart Amory Hare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 934 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A System of Practical Therapeutics, Vol. 2: Fevers, Diseases of the Respiratory and Circulation Systems, Diseases of the Digestive System and Kidneys, Nervous Diseases and Diseases of the Skin At all times, therefore, we must protect the water-supply, and in the presence Of an epidemic boil the water and eat only cooked food.' It Should be remembered also that Prudden and others have shown that the process of freezing does not destroy the typhoid bacillus, and therefore the addition of ice of unknown source to water which has been boiled may be introducing the bacillus after the preventive measure of boiling the water has been taken. Indeed, the amount of filth to be found in every glass of. Water after ice has melted in it shows that this material carries into our drinking-water much foreign matter. Aside from these general prophylactic measures, there are others in connection with the patient himself and his discharges which are not to be ignored. Here, after all, lies the primary means to resist the Spread of infection; yet the patient's attendants are often out rageously careless of the ordinary means of destroying the infected materials. In country practice this is Often found, and even in cities and in otherwise well-managed hospitals great carelessness is met with. It seems scarcely necessary to state that all the clothing and bedclothes of a patient should be disinfected by being placed in boil ing water and boiled as soon as they are taken from him yet, very commonly this is not done, and, still more commonly, they are washed in water which is not boiling, and with the clothes Of the rest of the family. The attendants of such cases ought not to nurse other patients suffering from other maladies if it can be avoided, and they should be warned about the danger Of infection. Always, after handling the bedclothes of a patient or any article contaminated by him, the nurse should carefully wash her hands and scrub her nails. Cases are not rare in which attendants have infected themselves by carrying with their food to their mouths germs clinging to the hands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.