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needless trouble and expense. The physical examination should be 
conducted as shortly before sending the man to camp as practicable. 
Cooks and others having to do with preparation of food should 
receive a special laboratory examination to insure that they are not 
typhoid carriers. 
Vaccination and antityphoid inoculation would be valuable pre- 
ventive measures to apply to every prisoner before he is sent to the 
camp. 
Isolation of the Sick. 
Nearly every camp has some room or small tent which could 
be used for the isolation of those who are sick. It happens fre- 
quently that a prisoner is ailing and unable to work for several 
days before it is thought necessary to call a doctor. Certain diseases 
are communicable several days before their true nature is recog- 
nizable, and therefore a systematic isolation of all cases of illness 
might, at times, result in the prevention of a widespread epidemic. 
A great deal of time lost through epidemics of coughs, colds, and 
grippe may be avoided if the first cases are properly isolated. 
Isolation is said to be a powerful weapon against pretended illness 
and is worthy of consideration from this point of view. 
Where the prisoners sleep in close proximity, a distance of 2 feet 
between the faces certainly is the least that can be demanded and 
this requires that the sides of the beds shall be at least 2 feet apart. 
Medical and Surgical Supplies Desirable for a Camp. 
A first-aid outfit and a medicine chest consisting of the following 
articles should be on hand in every camp : 
First- Aid Requirements. 
One 2-ounce bottle of aromatic spirits of ammonia (to be renewed every three 
months). 
One 2-ounce bottle of 4 per cent aqueous boric-acid solution. 
One 2-ounce bottle of 3 per cent alcoholic iodine. 
Two 3-ounce tubes of 3 per cent bicarbonate of soda in petrolatum. 
One 2-ounce bottle of Jamaica ginger. 
One 1-ounce jar of green soap (to cleanse hands). 
One half-pint bottle grain alcohol. 
One 3-inch by 10-yards roll of gauze bandage. 
One 2-inch by 10-yards roll of gauze bandage. 
Two 1-inch by 10-yards rolls of gauze bandage. 
One roll of absorbent cotton (1.5 ounces). 
One 4-inch by 5-yards spool of adhesive plaster. 
Six yards of 24-inch Canton flannel to make triangular slings. 
Six paraffin envelopes, each containing 6 by 36 inch sterilized-gauze dressings for 
wounds, burns, etc. 
Two splints 30 inches by ^ inch, white wood, and one wire-gauze splint about 
30 by 4 inches, for fractures. Never put on a splint over a bandage. Put the band- 
age over the splint, being extremely careful not to make it very tight. 
