ENTERIC FEVER

was formerly often bowels. There is considerable risk of contagion being carried called is or low fever. Having been confused with ey. os = —_— mouth of perpen! This accident is typhus fever, which is really altogether different, it reocived Before attending to he patient scratch Bae | Bf. the name of x pe (oid meaning “ like"), but is now more you will thus plag each nail with soap and prevent infeccommonly ca enteric. The cause is a germ which swims tion getting under the nails, After you have attended to actively and lives in water a long time. It is known as the the patient immediately wash the hands poms = ape typhoid bacillus. The germs gain entrance to the body in then immerse them in water containing of water or milk that has been contaminated with sewage, or mccousy fone pee Nd itd ee in shell fish, especially oysters and cockles, which havo think, The motions ‘and urine are both to be aoniea grown in water thus contaminated. In the South African into ve els that contain some disinfectant. All soiled war flies and dust carried the infection more frequently linen must be soaked in some disinfectant, carbolic than happens at home. lotion (one part in 40) for some hours before golsg to the This fever is wholly preventable. Improved drainage is laundry. The patient must be kept lying at always followed by a pelicttae in the prevalence of typhoid. all times erishout any exception whatever. In London, the drainage and the water supply are now so After recovery, a long holiday is requisite, the convagood that the typhoid has been greatly reduced. Tho | lescent may become very fat, but this condition rectifies cases that still occur are traceable to the consumption of | itself in about a year. shell fish, infected by having been grown in water con- [s. 419]