Principles of Medical Treatment

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Principles of Medical Treatment
George Cheever Shattuck
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1. If there is a reasonable probability that the symptoms are due to diphtheria or to one of the exanthemata isolate the patient provisionally.
2. If the clinical evidence points to diphtheria administer antitoxin (p. 271) to the patient without waiting for the report on the culture; or even if the first culture be negative.
Prophylactic inoculation of all persons exposed to diphtheria should be insisted on.
3. Patients having infections of the respiratory tracts should cover the mouth on cough
...ing or sneezing.
4. Good ventilation of rooms occupied by the patient reduces risk of contagion.
TREATMENT APPLICABLE IN GENERAL.
1. Keep the patient in a warm, but well-ventilated room at a uniform temperature.
2. Promote rest and sleep, using sedatives or hypnotics when needed.
3. Move bowels, at outset, by enema or cathartic unless they have been acting freely.
4. Allay unproductive or irritating cough by lozenge or seda- tive.
5. Avoid local irritation by tobacco or concentrated liquor.
6. Cleanse mucous membrane frequently, and soothe inflamma- tion by means of a non-irritating gargle.


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