Lanterna Rally

Author: Illinois; Dept; Of Public Health

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781332242917

Excerpt from Diphtheria, Its Prevention, Restriction and Suppression A teacher developed diphtheria from passing the night in a room in which three weeks before a fatal case had occurred. A child developed diphtheria after putting on the clothing worn by a child which had died of diphtheria two months before. In a number of isolated dwellings diphtheria developed nearly a year after previous outbreaks without there being any apparent possibility of a new infection taking place from the outside. I have met with a number of cases where the infected bedding or clothing has undoubtedly been the source of the infection. - From American System of Practical Medicine, Loomis-Thompson. Disinfection Of Houses. A very wholesome practice that bids fair to become an established custom is the disinfection of a rented house before a new family moves into it. This is done, now, where a case of very contagious disease, say smallpox, or diphtheria, has been known to exist; but how can we feel sure that the house we are about to move into and live in has not had in it an unrecognized or a suppressed case of measles, scarlet fever, or tuberculosis or typhoid fever? Disinfection, after these diseases is of the highest importance. Then, again, there are those diseases that are not fatal, perhaps, but, being communicable, may become certainly afflictions, nuisances. This precaution therefore should be demanded of every landlord by those who are planning to rent the house. - Public Health, Michigan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.