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from the nose, throat, and bowels. They enter other 

 bodies on infected fingers put into the mouth ; on food 

 infected by flies and other insects ; or by milk and butter 

 from tubercular cattle ; on dishes, garments, and cloths 

 used in the care of patients. The sputum from a con- 

 sumptive should never be allowed to dry. It should 

 be received in sputum cups or on papers and cloths, and 



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FIG. 375. The Sun Parlor of a Large Hospital. 

 Sun is an excellent destroyer of germs. 



these should be burned. Children do not inherit tuber- 

 culosis from their parents ; but they may inherit a weak 

 resisting power so that they succumb to the disease more 

 easily than the children of healthy parents. 



Scarlet Fever and Measles. These diseases are char- 

 acterized by eruptions and are very infectious, both oc- 

 curring chiefly in childhood. The after effects of both 

 these diseases are much more to be feared than the dis- 

 eases themselves. Pneumonia and consumption, weak- 

 ened sight and hearing, and other infirmities may follow 

 if the greatest care is not taken when the patient is recov- 



