II 1:1 i;t I I < >SIS \- \ DISKASK < >l I'm: 



cleaned. This additional p< fa>tened to the 



the ordinary pocket by damps, and would thus be 

 of no in< tteni A nil.!., r pouch or an 



iltal tobaCCO-pOUCh rn:y 1- u-ed in place 



of tli extra pocket of impermeable material, 



In any case it is well in have mmv than one of 

 these pockets or pouches, so that the patient 

 is never without one while they an- h.-in^ 

 cleaned and iiimi-r--d in some disinfectant 

 solution nr Ix.ilini: water. Of course, all in- 

 valids using ordinary handkerchiefs, ra- 

 Japanese paper handkerchiefs as receptacles 

 for cxpectnratinn. are in danger of soiling 

 their hands with infectious matter and should 

 always wash them thoroughly before touch- 

 ing food. 



A handkerchief that is used to wipe the 

 nose should never be used as a receptacle for 

 sputum. Bed-patients too sick to make 11 

 light porcelain or aluminum cup 21), 



or P^eboanl cups such as SeabuTy & John- 

 son's (Figs. 22, 23), or the Kny-Srhe. 



pressed-paper cup (Fig. 24), should have a number of moiM 

 Spittoons at rags within easy reach. Care should be taken that tin rags 



always remain moist, and that 



the used ones are burned b< 



they have a chance to dry. The 



paper spit-cups with their in- 

 tents should, of course, also be 



destroyed by fire. 



If the tuberculous patient 



should be outdoors and acci- 

 dentally not have with him a 



receptacle of any kind, lie may 



expectorate in the gutter where 



running water may carry the 



spittle into the sewer, or he may 



even as an exception be per- 



. . Oval-shaped P..-k.-t I l.-t-k, J..MM- 



mittcd to expectorate in the ageabie with < 

 middle of the street. Under no 



condition should he, or for that matter anybody else, expec- 

 torate on the sidewalk, for it must be remembered that we 

 can carry the most infectious <rerms into our homes on the 



Bedside. 



