Typhus Fever

(ti’-fus fe’-ver). A highly infectious fever. Keep the room well ventilated; fever diet (also beaten eggs), and directly the crisis is past, fowls, fish and chops may be given. Cold bath or sponging may be ordered; temperature every four hours. Rash comes out on seventh day, crisis about twelfth day. Towards the crisis, heart failure is po ible, and stimulants should be at hand. The convalescence is rapid as a rule. The utmost care must be exercised to disinfect the patient, the room, and everything that has been in it. Burn as much of the patient’s body linen as po ible. Watch for retention of the urine, or signs of lung mischief. See Fumigation. See also the rules with regard to disinfection given under Cholera. The nurse must live well herself, and be careful of her health; must wear only washing dre es.