COMMON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. 



by a screen from her possible fear of "catching 

 cold" while you open up the windows from the 

 bottom. They should be kept open a few inches 

 at the top all the time. All "disease germs" 

 multiply rapidly in a room kept dark, dingy and 

 badly ventilated, and where papers, books, and 

 rubbish are allowed to accumulate. The sick 

 one takes these germs into the system again and 

 the disease is both aggravated and lengthened. 

 *Study to acquire right methods of bathing in 

 this disease. Do not forget the importance of Rub, 

 the cleansing bath using warm water and good 

 soap every morning, followed by an "alcohol 

 rub" and careful powdering of the back and 

 other parts of the body where pressure is ob- 

 served or friction is noted due to contact with 

 the mattress. Change your patient's position Position. 



* While it is not the purpose of the writer to speak 

 of methods of treatment given in diseases caused bj 

 bacterial invasion, several years experience in training 

 nurses has revealed the fact that many pupils fail to 

 grasp the proper methods of applying hydrotherapeutics 

 when nursing typhoid fever. If the physician orders tub 

 baths, they seem to fail to recognize the necessity foi 

 using friction systematically in order to bring about the 

 requisite reaction. When they do use friction, they go 

 about it in such a haphazard fashion that frequently there 

 is an increased elevation of temperature instead of a 

 decreased, and the nervous symptoms at the end of the 

 treatment are more pronounced than before beginning it 

 (This does not refer to patients whose peculiarities of 

 constitution are such as to contra-indicate "tubbing," bul 

 to those who, when properly handled, respond admirably) 

 In giving sponge baths, also, very often the right method 

 of sponging is not observed. It seems to be necessary 

 for nurses who are training pupils to pay particulai 

 attention to prc(?tic(d teaching in this direction, 



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