BACTERIOLOGY IN A NUTSHELL. 



woodwork, window-sashes and floors with a 

 cloth wrung out of a disinfectant solution 

 during the case. Destroy all toys, books, etc., 

 used by a scarlet fever patient, by Hre 

 preferably, at the close of the case. When nurs- ■ 

 ing scarlet fever in a private home, if at all pos- 

 sible, obtain two well ventilated, sunny com- 

 municating rooms in the top story of the dwell- 

 ing. Have everything you may need for the 

 care of your patient and yourself in the room 

 adjoining the sick room, in order- to avoid the 

 danger of carrying infection to other parts of 

 the home. If others must frequent the corridor 

 outside the rooms you have chosen, keep a sheet 

 wrung out of carbolic acid solution (1-20) 

 spread over the outside of doors that commu- 

 nicate with that hallway or corridor. Place over 

 any opening that may be at the bottom of the 

 doors a towel or cloth saturated with the same 

 solution. Keep in the closet of the adjoining 

 room a change of attire to be worn on the street 

 if you are allowed to go out for an airing, and 

 be careful not to place in this closet anything 

 you have worn or used in the sick room. Keep 

 in this room disinfectants for your own and the 

 physician's hands and for disinfecting articles 

 used in the sick room. The physician will 

 also probably leave with you his gown, which 

 he wears to protect his street garb when he 

 makes his daily visits. This you must also 

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