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of ships or trains coming from infected countries or 

 districts, is of the greatest importance in preventing 

 the spread of the disease. 



When a community is threatened with an invasion 

 of cholera, the water, milk, and other food supplies, 

 as well as the dishes, should be freshly sterilized be- 

 fore each meal. No uncooked food should be used, 

 and all food, dishes, dish towels, and table linen 

 should be protected from flies and other insects. 



All persons suffering from diarrhoea, no matter 

 how mild the form, should be isolated, and the bowel 

 discharges be disinfected with the same care as 

 would be observed in a typical case of cholera. 



As in typhoid fever the mild cases of cholera who are 

 not confined to their beds are of more danger to a 

 community than those who are violently ill, because 

 in the mild cases it is thought unnecessary to disin- 

 fect the fecal discharges and the water-closets, and 

 many fatal cases owe their origin to this neglect. 



The details of nursing cholera patients, as before 

 stated, are identical with those of typhoid fever. 

 The disinfection of excreta and clothing soiled with 

 excreta is especially important ; the dishes used by 

 the patient should be boiled after each meal, and 

 refuse food should be burned. 



Cholera patients are not released from quarantine 



