en, and other
articles with which we are constantly brought into close contact, and
that the disease might be transmitted in this way. It is also true that
the malady may be carried from place to place by insects, particularly
flies; the latter may readily get enough infectious material upon their
legs in various ways, and then, crawling over the food, leave the deadly
poison deposited upon it.

_Treatment of Typhoid Fever._--As soon as the symptoms appear, a
physician should be called and his directions faithfully and carefully
followed out. Nothing in this disease is of more importance than careful
nursing, and it is absolutely necessary that the patient receive only
liquid diet until the physician permits other food.

Wherever possible then, patients with typhoid fever should be completely
isolated, since, if this is not done, other members of the family are
almost sure to contract the malady--a result which almost everyone has
seen who has had any experience with the disease. Wherever possible
patients should be sent to a hospital, but where this cannot be done they
should be placed in an outhouse, if practicable, or in an isolated room,
which should be thoroughly disinfected after the patient's recovery. No
one should visit a typhoid-fever patient, except when compelled to do so,
and we should be particularly careful to prevent children from coming in
contact with them, as it has been shown that they contract the disease
much more readily than grown people. It is also of importance that
persons should not sit for any length of time in the sick room, and,
above all, under no circumstances, should cooking and eating be done
there. The room in which the patient is placed should be furnished only
with those things absolutely necessary, and it is particularly desirable
that carpets and curtains should be removed. It is well to wash the floor
each day with some antiseptic solution.

Those persons who come in contact with typhoid fever should wear outer
clothing which can be easily washed and boiled. After touching the
patient, or any of his clothing, the hands should be at once thoroughly
scrubbed in an antiseptic solution. Of course, under no circumstances,
should the nurse eat or drink from the same vessels that the patient
does.

None of the excretions from persons afflicted with typhoid fever should
ever be emptied until thoroughly disinfected with creo-carboline or
strong lime-water, and under no circumstances s