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Page 276 - A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Page 273 - Commonwealth, thousands of lives are lost which might have been saved; that tens of thousands of cases of sickness occur, which might have been prevented; that a vast amount of unnecessarily impaired health, and physical debility, exists among those not actually confined by sickness; that these preventable evils...
Page 241 - ... or are liable to exist, of medical officers of health, the same being either accredited consuls or attached to the consulates. The duties of these officers shall be, — to give notice, by telegraph when practicable, of the existence or appearance of any of the above named diseases, to some constituted authority in this country ; to give notice of the departure of any vessel known or suspected to be infected, for any port in the United States ; and, whenever requested by the master of any vessel...
Page 227 - Association comprises over eight hundred members, all devoted, officially or otherwise, to its declared purpose — the advancement of sanitary science and the promotion of organizations and measures for the practical application of public hygiene.
Page 244 - Legislature the sum of $500,000, to be used, or as much thereof as may be needful, in case of a cholera invasion, in stamping out the disease from the infected localities, and in preventing its spread from State to State. The removal of local unsanitary conditions favorable to the development of cholera is the especial work of State and local boards of health. Much has been done already in some States, but much remains which should receive immediate attention. Where it can be done, State sanitary...
Page 243 - ... coast for the detention and treatment of infected vessels arriving from foreign ports, should undoubtedly be borne by the national government, and not by individual States or municipalities, for the benefits accruing therefrom are general and not restricted to localities, although some ports and cities on the coast may have a more immediate interest in the matter than others in the interior.
Page 201 - In diseases like small-pox and scarlet fever, in which the infectious agent is given off from the entire surface of the body, occasional ablutions with Labarraque-s Solution, diluted with twenty parts of water, will be more suitable than the stronger solution above recommended.
Page 244 - Health respecting the inspection of travellers, disinfection of effects, vehicles, etc. " Health officers and inspectors appointed by State or provincial boards of health, should, in addition to other sanitary work, see that the localities have set apart, erected, or planned to be set apart, or erected, structures which shall possess the sanitary requirements of an isolation hospital. But as regards all necessary work by local boards of health, most State and provincial boards of health have printed...
Page 244 - ... strictly isolated. All infective material from these and from any subsequent cases should be destroyed in such manner as to stamp out the disease. Intelligent sanitary precautions beforehand, and scientific disinfection and treatment in the presence of the disease, should take the place of the necessary cruelties of a panic. In case any city or town is infected, the same principles of isolation should in general be applied to the city as to the infected individual. Intercourse with other cities...
Page 202 - ... a little water, set it on fire by hot coals or with the aid of a spoonful of alcohol, and allow the room to remain closed for twenty-four hours. For a room about ten feet square, at least...