58 HOME TREATMENT AND 



light and air admitted if the contents of the 

 room are not removed and treated ly the 

 sanitary authorities. 



(5) Q. Is the patient a source < 1 at any 



period of the disease ? 

 J \>i liter he has been once treat 



(6) Q. Do you find that the treatment prolongs or 



shortens the time during which tlu }. 



u progress? 

 A. Decidedly shortens it. 



(7) Q. For how long do you consider that child 



treated by your method need extra can 

 protection ? 



A. For at least three weeks in winter they require 

 warmer clothing. 



(8) Q. Do you consider that a mild case ne- 



further treatment beyond an occasional 

 aperient when necessar 



A. Nothing, unless the medical attendant consi< 

 it advisable. 



(9) Q. Do you let your patients run about the sick 



room with high temperature, say, 100-102 ? 

 A. Certainly not. 



(10) Q. You say there is no risk of the infection \v 



the patient is properly treated? Does this 

 mean that the child must receive the t 

 ment on the first day, or do you con 

 that a child cannot transmit the contagion 

 so early ? 



A. The treatment should be commenced on the 

 slightest suspicion, for the earlier the treat- 

 ment the better is the result. 



(11) Q. Are the bed-clothes used by the child before 



treatment is carried out not infecti< 

 A. Certainly they are infectious until the treat- 

 ment is used. 



