2 KENNEL DISEASES. 
The sick-room should be light and airy; and since the patient will likely be 
better contented if he can often see those to whom he is devoted, it is generally 
best to have him located near the family. During cold weather it ought to 
be heated up to not less than 60° F. Ventilation is always of much importance 
In warm weather there can be but little difficulty in securing an abundance 
of pure air, but in winter, to maintain proper ventilation is much less easy; and 
there must generally be a surplus of heat, that the air may be kept pure and still 
be at the right temperature. 
The floor should be covered with sawdust, and the bedding be of straw; both 
of which should be changed once, if not twice, daily. Whether or not there 
should be a sleeping-bench depends upon the nature of the attack. In some 
cases a climb of only a few inches would be a hardship; but when allowable it 
were better that a bench be in use, because of the draughts that circulate along 
the floor. 
In all attacks known or suspected to be of infectious diseases, disinfection 
should be thorough, and of the air at all times. This may be accomplished by 
employing dry powdered preparations of lime and carbolic acid, sawdust that 
has been saturated with some suitable agent, or slaking and boiling lime and 
water on the stove. Thus many of the spores of the germs of disease will be 
destroyed ; and not only will the chances of the patients recovering be increased, 
but the danger of their diseases spreading be largely prevented. 
In cases of infectious diseases also, the straw and sawdust ought to be burned 
as soon as removed ; and all dishes used in the sick-room be boiled in water, by 
which means they are rendered perfectly safe. After the sufferers from such 
diseases have recovered, or been removed by death, the rooms should be faith- 
fully disinfected. The floors, walls and ceiling, and everything therein that is 
movable, should be washed with a solution of corrosive sublimate, made by add- 
ing about one teaspoonful of the mercurial to a gallon of water; and afterward 
the plastered parts be treated to several coatings of whitewash. 
In all acute diseases of the lungs or of their covering, the pleura, jackets 
made of flannel or out of an old blanket, or of lighter material and quilted with 
cotton wadding, should constantly envelop the chest, to protect it from danger 
of chilling. Body blankets, abdominal bands, etc., should always be called into 
service if they can contribute to comfort or add to the chances of recovery. 
Drinking-water should not stand long in the sick-room without being changed, 
nor ought milk be left there in an open vessel, because both quickly absorb the 
impurities in the air, 
