Tuberculosis, a Preventable and Curable Disease: Modern Methods for the Solution of the Tuberculosis ProblemMoffat, Yard, 1909 - 392 pages |
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Page 132 - Consumption is a disease which can be taken from others and is not simply caused by colds. A cold may make it easier to take the disease. It is usually caused by germs which enter the body with the air breathed. The matter which consumptives cough or spit up contains these germs in great numbers — frequently millions are discharged in -a single day. This matter, spit upon the floor, wall or elsewhere, is apt to dry, become pulverized and...
Page 373 - It is in the power of man to cause all parasitic diseases to disappear from the world...
Page 253 - This exercise (F) can be easily taken while walking, sitting, or riding in the open air. Young girls and boys, and especially those who are predisposed to consumption, often acquire a habit of stooping. To overcome this, the following exercise (G) is to be recommended.
Page 133 - ... treatment. In a majority of cases it is not a fatal disease. It is not dangerous...
Page 135 - Rooms that have been occupied by consumptives should be thoroughly cleaned, scrubbed, whitewashed, painted or papered before they are again occupied. Carpets, rugs, bedding, etc., from rooms which have been occupied by consumptives, should be disinfected.
Page v - Phthisio-Therapy at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital ; Associate Director of the Clinic for Pulmonary Diseases of the Health Department ; Attending Physician to the Riverside Sanatorium for Consumptives of the City of New York.
Page 138 - ... Tuberculosis Yourself. Keep as well as possible, for the healthier your body, the harder for the germs of tuberculosis to grow therein. To keep healthy observe the following rules : Don't live, study or sleep in rooms where there is no fresh air. Fresh air and sunlight kill the tubercle bacilli and germs causing other diseases.
Page 214 - Spittoons shall be cleaned daily with very hot water, and when placed ready for use must contain a small quantity of water. 4. Dust must be removed as thoroughly as possible by means of dampened cloths or mops.
Page 292 - In an address before the Chicago Medical Society, in advocacy of cremation, Dr. Charles W. Purdy made some striking comparisons to show what a burden is laid upon society by the burial of the dead.
Page 134 - ... at least half an hour in water by themselves before being washed. When coughing or sneezing, small particles of spittle containing germs are expelled, so that consumptives should always hold a handkerchief or cloth before the mouth during these acts; otherwise, the use of cloths and handkerchiefs to receive .the matter coughed up should be avoided as much as possible, because it readily dries on these, and becomes separated and scattered into the air. Hence, when possible, the matter should be...