ion which must be protected against infections and
carriers of disease.

In connection with the ice box, we are reminded that it would be a
great convenience to have a simple contrivance for heating bouillon,
milk, or making a piece of toast, which can be readily done with an
electric heater, an alcohol stove, or a small apparatus fitting over
the gas jet.

SICK ROOM DISINFECTANTS

The most important thing which we are going to mention in this
division of the chapter is the disinfection of the door knobs.
According to the directions on the poison bottle, place an antiseptic
tablet into a small amount of water which will make a solution of 1 to
1000 of bichlorid of mercury, and several times a day disinfect the
door knobs, particularly in the sick end of the house--thoroughly
washing and adequately rubbing with a towel moistened in this
solution.

All stools and urine from the sick one will receive attention as
directed by the physician. The stools from a typhoid patient should
stand for one-half hour in a chamber covered with a layer of lime.

It is not at all necessary to have vessels containing disinfectant
substances standing about the room and in the closet. In a room
adjoining should be kept all of the dishes used by the sick patient,
his tray, half a dozen napkins, knife, fork, spoon, serving dishes,
drinking glass, pitcher, etc. All bedding and all linen used by the
sick member should be allowed to stand in a solution of disinfectant
for several hours when they may be wrung out of the solution, dropped
into a bucket and carried to the laundry without any danger to other
members of the family.

The nurse is not allowed to leave this room in the garments that are
worn while caring for the sick. She should have her meals in an
adjoining room which is also under strict isolation.

THE MEDICINE CHEST

The sick room medicine chest should be so placed on the wall that it
is outside the reach of the smaller members of the family, for in it
should be placed poisons for external use that are capable of
producing death if taken internally. Bottles that hold these
poisons--such as bichlorid of mercury, lysol, carbolic acid, laudanum,
paregoric, belladonna, etc.--should be so different from the other
bottles in the medicine chest that if one should reach for them with
his eyes shut or in the dark he would at once recognize that he had
hold of a poison bottle. This is absolutely necessary. It usually
means a bi