HYGIENIC PROTECTIVE SUGGESTIONS. 



mend a cold "plunge" bath and find it very 

 healthful when taken quickly and followed by a 

 brisk rubbing, but it is a bath not suited to all 

 constitutions. Those who find a cold plunge 

 too severe, often enjoy getting into a tepid bath 

 and gradually lowering the temperature until 

 it is cold. A good soap and water tub bath 

 several times a week is necessary to health- 

 ful conditions, in addition to "salt" baths, 

 "sponges" and "plunges." When taking a 

 bath after a meal, allow two hours to elapse 

 before beginning operations. 



The Hair, the Teeth, the Nails, Etc. — Disinfect the 

 Take care of your hair and keep it well sham- Hair, 

 pooed. Diseases can be communicated from 

 one to another by bacteria which fasten upon 

 the hair J as well as upon the skin, beneath the 

 finger nails and within the mouth. Do not for- 

 get these points when carrying out personal 

 disinfection during and at the close of nursing 

 a communicable disease. Be especially careful 

 when nursing a case where gonorrhoea or 

 syphilis are suspected. Many good nurses' lives 

 have been sacrificed or ruined by contracting 

 these diseases through lack of care while nurs- 

 ing such patients. The toilet is never complete 

 until the hair, the teeth and the finger nails are 

 as immaculate as the dress and the rest of the 

 person. 



Do not forget that neglect of Nature's calls 

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