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All wells should be submitted to the permanganate process (see 
above) which is highly praised, but I personally prefer to rely upon 
boiling. r 
Corpses should — failing burning — be buried with chloride of lime. 
Perhaps the best and simplest drugs to administer in the first instance 
are castor oil, chlorodyne, and brandy (half an ounce of the oil, 25 drops 
of the chlorodyne, and about one ounce of brandy). Eucalyptus oil has 
lately been highly spoken of, I have myself found a strongly carmi- 
native mixture containing ]iq. hydrarg. perchlor. a most useful 
mixture. Colomel acted well in the Krian epidemic, gr. 1 every hour, 
but I consider it requires careful watching. Haffkines cholera 
vaccine should be given a trial, it has been well spoken of. 
Quarantine infected houses, lines, and towns. 
The most satisfactory method of dealing with infected houses is of 
course to burn them, if impracticable, then disinfect them thoroughly 
with 1-500 corrosive sublimate. During the Pahang epidemic the 
D.O. (Mr. Mason) and I, burnt every house in which a case occurred 
which was within two ipiles of Raub town, and I believe that action 
had much to do with the fact that Raub remained clear. 
All excreta must be either burnt or buried. 
11 Contacts must be also isolated, and they should all be given some 
acid mixture thrice daily in order to keep the stomach acid. 
Measures to be taken upon the 
Outbreak of Cholera, Plague, or Small-pox. 
1. Form bearer,' burial, and sanitary companies, equip with 
stretchers, etc,, treat all as .contacts, their clothes and hands to be 
carefully rinsed in 1 in 500 corrosive twice daily and after contact. 
2. On the discovery of a case, bearer company will remdve patient 
to hospital, medical officer will remain to see the kuchie opened to 
the sunlight, and the room either completely limewashed or scrubbed 
with 1 in 500 corrosive sublimate. 
3. When the washing gangare started the names of the contacts 
should be taken, they should be sent to the contact shed. Frequent 
roll calls of contacts are essential. 
4. During the progress of 2 and 3 above, the patient’s clothes 
may be burnt, all his utensils destroyed or boiled. 
5. If the disease shows any tendency to spread, tubs of 1 in 
500 corrosive, 1 to each 50 coolies must be set up and the 
clothes of everyone in the lines steeped therein for 12 hours. 
6. All utensils of all coolies must be boiled. 
7. All wells must be closed, and a sound, fresh water supply 
arranged for (this in the case of cholera only). 
