64 PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR DISINFECTION. 



by the patient should be kept separate from those used by the 

 family, as infection doubtless is carried in this way. They 

 should be kept in the patient's room. Such prophylaxis con- 

 stitutes no small part of the treatment of an infectious dis- 

 ease, and the medical attendant should be very specific in his 

 instructions in that regard. He must insist on their being 

 carried out. When the patient is nursed by the family, many 

 of the minor details of thorough disinfection and prevention 

 of a spreading of the disease are apt to be overlooked, or 

 more often disregarded because of their apparent insignifi- 

 cance in the eyes of the family. 



