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Title: Epidemics; how to meet them
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Hansen, Louis A., ed Review and Herald Publishing Association
Subjects: Communicable diseases
Publisher: Washington, D.C., New York City (etc.) Review and Herald Publishing Association
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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s of newspaper;on these place several thicknesses of cloth, and pour onboiling water until the cloths are well moistened. Foldthe cloths within the newspapers and apply, placing atowel or another cloth between the patient and thepapers. The cloths may be dipped in boiling water in-stead of having the water poured on them. They shouldbe left quite wet, but not dripping. This fomentationwill retain the heat a half hour or more. The Hot Blanket Pack The hot blanket pack is an application of moist heatto the entire body. The articles necessary to give it arefour or five blankets, a pillow, a rubber sheet if avail-able, three or four hot water bottles, cold water for com- 104 Epidemics: Hoiv to Meet Them presses for the head and heart, a tub or pail for thefoot bath, and several towels. The treatment may begiven on a couch or in bed. It is well first to secure an action of the bowels byan enema, if necessary, then give a hot foot bath. Thedrinking of hot water or hot lemonade only slightly
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Fig. 4. Wringing the Blanket for Pack sweetened will facilitate perspiration in the pack to fol-low. Hot drink may also be given while in the pack. • Spread dry blankets on the bed or couch, letting themcome up well on the pillow. Fold one blanket single ordouble (the double retains heat longer) lengthwise, andwring out of boiling water. Two persons can wring theblanket better than one (Fig. 4), unless a wringer is used.The patient should be undressed and ready to get on theblanket as soon as it is opened. Keep the blanket foldedor tightly twisted until ready to place it on the bed.Open quickly to avoid losing heat. If wrung dry, thereis little danger of burning. Home Treatments 105 The patient lies down on the blanket as soon as it isopened, and is wrapped in it. It is best to have thearms between folds of the blanket rather than next to

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