Hygienic Measures Used in So-called Communicable Dis-eases
In discussing hygienic measures to be used in so-called communicable dis-eases, it must be understood that these measures are in no sense considered to be curative. If subluxations were adjusted as soon as produced there would be no occasion for such considerations, for man would remain immune and there would be no communicable dis-eases. Since subluxations are not always adjusted as soon as produced, but remain and become chronic and dis-ease is allowed to gather great momentum before adjustments are given, it becomes necessary to bring about an adaptation educationally to the incoördination. During the course of the dis-ease certain hygienic measures should be used in order to maintain a proper environmental condition.
Patient adjusted and ready to be lifted to the bed with draw-sheet.
The so-called communicable dis-eases are quarantinable and should be reported to the proper health authorities in the states requiring such procedure, in compliance with the law. There are certain sanitary and hygienic measures that should be used from a standpoint of pure cleanliness and common decency. The hygienic measures ordinarily recommended may be summed up as follows: The stools, urine, sputum and other excretions should be thoroughly disinfected. The urine may be disinfected by adding bichloride to make a solution of one to one thousand or by adding 10% formalin and allowing the solution to stand for an hour or so. It is more difficult to disinfect fecal matter. The masses should be thoroughly broken up and disinfected with bleaching powder, 3%. A 5% solution of carbolic acid may be used or formalin 10%. Another easy and effective way is to add enough hot water to cover the entire stool and then add a cup of unslacked lime or about one-fourth as much lime as bulk. The receptacle should then be covered and allow to stand for a couple of hours. In this way there will be enough heat generated by the lime to destroy the microörganisms. The sputum should be burned.
It is recommended that the bed linen, towels and handkerchiefs used by the patient be disinfected by immersing for at least an hour in a solution of bichloride of mercury, one to one thousand, a 5% solution of carbolic acid, or 10% solution of formalin.