MEASLES.
A medical man gives a contemporary the following suggestions as to treatment of measles, and as the epidemicisshewing itself here, possibly the instructions may be of use. The suggestions refer to bofh common and German measles—Roheln—“The infectious period is early in the disease, and lies in the discharge from the nose and eyes, and as it is a minute germ, may be curried a short distance in the air, and may also be inhaled with the breath. The points of entrance are probably the eyes or air passages. The chief dangers are pneumonia, bronchitis, diarrhoea or inflammation of the ears or eyes. Therefore the room should be kept moist aud warm, no draughts allowed, not too much light, no reading, and above all things keep the patient well covered up in bed till allfeverish symptoms have ceased. During convalescence, and for some time after, the patient should be warmly clothed. As this disease is most infectious in the early stages isolation must be prompt.”
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Patea Mail, Volume XI, Issue 109, 26 September 1898, Page 3
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165MEASLES. Patea Mail, Volume XI, Issue 109, 26 September 1898, Page 3
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