CARE OF THE SICK ROOM 



For the restriction and prevention of this disease isolation 

 and disinfection are the important measures, isolation of 

 every infected person and thing, and complete disinfection. 



436. Typhoid Fever. Typhoid fever is not so often con- 

 tracted directly from contact with the sick person as it is 

 from the discharges from the bowels and kidneys. These 

 should always be 

 properly disinfected. 

 Undisinfected dis- 

 charges, if dried into 

 dust, may spread the 

 disease through the 

 air. 



The chief source of 

 danger, however, is 

 believed to be drink- 

 ing water contami- 

 nated by sewage or 

 leachings from out- 

 buildings. The germs 

 of typhoid fever are 

 not always killed by 

 freezing, but are destroyed by boiling. All suspected water 

 should be boiled. 



FIG. 201. Bacilli of Typhoid Fever. 

 Magnified 1000 diameters. 



THE CARE OF THE SICK ROOM 



437. Help in Sickness. Every boy or girl who is over 

 twelve years old should learn a few of the simplest things 

 about taking care of the sick and the sick room. One may 

 be called upon at any moment to lend a hand in nursing 

 the sick. People who are unable to secure the services of 



