Diseases of infancy and childhood (1914) (14585402949)

Identifier: diseasesofinfan00fisc (find matches)

Title: Diseases of infancy and childhood

Year: 1914 (1910s)

Authors: Fischer, Louis, 1864- (from old catalog)

Subjects: Children

Publisher: Philadelphia, F. A. Davis company (etc., etc.)

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

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surroundings, fresh air, and the strict-est possible isolation are advisable. The local application of a solution ofglycerine and carbolic acid will tend to relieve the itching, and to soften thecrusts. The bowels should be kept thoroughly cleansed, and the patient madecomfortable by a tepid pack if the temperature is high or if delirium ispresent. An ice-cap and cold colon flushing will render the patient morecomfortable. If cardiac depression exists, stimulation with musk, cam-phor, or champagne is advisable. Eegarding sanitary measures the NewYork Health Department requires the immediate removal of a case of thiskind to the smallpox hospital. The disinfection and thorough fumiga-tion of everything which was in contact with the case must be remem-bered if we wish to prevent the spread of the disease. Varioloid (Modified Smallpox). The symptoms are milder, the papules less in number, and the gen-eral condition shows an infection of a lesser type than we see in variola. VARIOLA. CA?,

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l^ic;. 211.—Mild Discroti Sin;illj)ON in an I ii\;Uiin;U-\l liivl. Nt^toabsence of lesions upon the trunk. (Kiniliiess of Dr. J. F. Scham- berg.) 644 THE. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The febrile symptoms may be the same as we see in true smallpox. Theattack is shorter. The severity of the symptoms depends on the length oftime since the last vaccination took place. Vaccixatiox (Vaccixia). This disease can be induced by inoculating the arm or leg with bovineor human virus. By inducing this disease we protect against smallpox.The serum employed is usually taken from a calf suffering with vaccinia orcow-pox. By inoculating the body with this cow-pox we produce an im-munity which protects against smallpox. During my service at the Eiver-side Hospital. I have frequently seen infants that had never been vaccinatedsuffering with smallpox. I have never seen a case of smallpox in an infantpreviously vaccinated. When we consider the ease with which we can confer immunity andprotect the human body aga

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