blood--Simple anemia--Chlorosis--Severe anemia--Pernicious
anemia 553

CHAPTER XXXVII

DISEASES OF CHILDREN (continued)

Rheumatism--Malaria--Rashes of childhood--Pimples--Acne--
Blackheads--Convulsions--Fits--Spasms--Bed-wetting--Enuresis--
Incontinence--Sleeplessness--Disturbed sleep--Nightmare--
Night terrors--Headache--Thumb sucking--Biting the finger
nails--Colon irrigation--How to wash out the bowels--A high
enema--Enema--Methods of reducing fever--Ice cap--Cold
sponging--Cold pack--The cold bath--Various baths--mustard
baths--Hot pack--Hot bath--Hot air, or vapor bath--Bran
bath--Tepid bath--Cold sponge--Shower bath--Poultices--Hot
fomentations--How to make and how to
apply a mustard paste--How to prepare and use the
mustard pack--Turpentine stupes--Oiled silk, what it is
and why it is used 569

DISEASES OF CHILDREN

CHAPTER XXXVIII

INFECTIOUS OR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES

Rules to be observed in the treatment of contagious diseases--
What isolation means--The contagious sick room--Conduct
and dress of the nurse--Feeding the patient and
nurse--How to disinfect the clothing and linen--How to
disinfect the urine and feces--How to disinfect the
hands--Disinfection of the room necessary--How to disinfect
the mouth and nose--How to disinfect the throat--Receptacle
for the sputum--Care of the skin in contagious
diseases--Convalescence after a contagious disease--Disinfecting
the sick chamber--The after treatment of a disinfected
room--How to disinfect the bed clothing and
clothes--Mumps--Epidemic parotitis--Chicken pox--
Varicella--La Grippe--Influenza--Diphtheria--Whooping
Cough--Pertussis--Measles--Koplik's spots--Department
of health rules in measles--Scarlet fever--Scarlatina--
Typhoid fever--Various solutions--Boracic
acid solution--Normal salt solution--Carron oil--Thiersch's
solution--Solution of bichloride of mercury--How
to make various solutions 599

ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES

CHAPTER XXXIX

ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES

Accidents and emergencies--Contents of the family medicine
chest--Foreign bodies in the eye--Foreign bodies in the
ear--Foreign bodies in the nose--Foreign bodies in the
throat--A bruise or contusion--Wounds--Arrest of
hemorrhage--Removal of foreign bodies from a wound--Cleansing