BACTERIOLOGY IN A NUTSHELL. 



Fumigate. 



Membranous 

 Croup and 

 Whooping 

 Cough. 



I -20. Wash all woodwork, floors and walls 

 with bichloride of mercury solution 1-1,000 

 during the case. Observe carefully the precau- 

 tions with regard to patient and room, sunshine, 

 ventilation, cleansing and disinfection at the 

 close of case. Fumigate with formaldehyde 

 or sulphur. Be careful to protect your patients 

 from any possibility of drafts striking them. 

 Use a screen about the bed. No patient's bed 

 should be so placed as to be in a current of air. 

 A room properly ventilated is not "drafty" of 

 necessity. 



Membranous croup and whooping cough are 

 contracted in the same way as diphtheria, and 

 are spread by the same means. Moist air is 

 necessary in the patient's room in most cases of 

 diphtheria, whooping cough and croup to re- 

 lieve the throat symptoms. 



Various 

 Forms. 



INFLUENZA OR LA GRIPPE. 



The bacillus influenzae, the germ of this 

 disease finds an entrance to the system through 

 the respiratory tract. Sources of infection are 

 the discharges from the throat and nose, which 

 should always be disinfected. 



There are several forms of "la grippe", 

 notably the catarrhal, bronchial and intestinal 

 forms. In the intestinal form, some physicians 

 advise disinfection of the evacuations also. 

 This is one of the few germ diseases which one 



