Show It PHYSICIANS ARE GALLED CALLED TOO SOON Not Wot Necessary to Summon Docter Docter Doc- Doc ter in Mild Cases of Spanish Spanish Spanish Span Span- ish Influenza REST IN BED BEO ii IS IMPORTANT Acute Shortage of Medical and NursIng Nursing Nursing Nurs Nurs- ing Service Makes It Imperative That People Learn Something of Care of Sick Washington In In an nn effort to reduce unnecessary calls on the worked over 1 physicians throughout the country countr because because because be be- cause of the tile present epidemic of ot Influenza Influenza influenza In In- Surgeon General Blue of ot the United States public health service calls upon the people of the country to learn something about the he home cars care ot or patients ill III with influenza influenza Physicians Physicians Phy Phy- everywhere have complained about the large number o of unnecessary calls they have ha had to make male because of ot the Inability of many people to distinguish distinguish distinguish dis dis- between the cases requiring expert m medical care and those which could readily be cared for tor without a physician With Influenza c continuing to spread in man many parts of the coin coin- try and with an acute shortage of doctors doctors doctors doc doc- tors and nurses everywhere every unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary un un- un- un necessary call caU on either physicians or nurses makes males it so much harder to meet the urgent needs of ot the patients who rho are seriously ill Present Generation Spoiled The present generation said the surgeon general has been spoiled polled by having had expert medical and nursing care are readily available l It was not so so i In the das days of ot our grandmothers wl when en Every good housewife was expected expect l to know a good deal about the care caie of the thee sick Every person who feels sick and appears to be developing an attack of ot Influenza should at once once be ba put to tobed tobed tobed bed in a well well ventilated ventilated room If his hia bowels have moved regularly regularly It it is not necessary to give u a physic wh where re a U physic Is needed a dose of castor oil on onor or Rochelle Rothelle salts snIts should be given The room should be cleared of nIl all unnecessary furniture b brie a lc a brae and rugs A wash basin pitcher and slop bowl Jowl soap and towel should be at hand nand preferably In the room or just outside the door If It the patient Is feverish a doctor should be called and this should be bedone bedone bedone done In any case If the patient appears very sick 01 or coughs up pinkish bloodstaIned bloodstained bloodstained blood blood- stained sputum or breathes rapidly and painfully Most of the patients cough up considerable considerable con con- mucus In some there Is much mucus discharged from the nose and throat This Tills material should not be be collected in handkerchiefs but rather In bits of ot old rags or i toilet pa paper paper per or on paper napkins As soon soon as used these rags or papers should be placed In a paper bag kept beside the bed Pocket handkerchiefs are out of ot place in the sick room and should not be used by patients The rags or papers papers pa pa- pers in the paper bag should be burned The Tile patients will not be hungry and the diet should therefore be light Milk a soft soft boiled boiled egg some toast or crackers a bit of Jelly or Jam stewed fi fruit uit some cooked cooled cereal like oatmeal hominy or rice these rice these will suffice in inmost inmost inmost most cases cases Comfort of Patient The comfort of the p patient depends on a number of little things and these should not be overlooked these may be mentioned a n well well-venti hated room a a thoroughly clean bed with fresh smooth sheets and pillowcases pillowcases pillow pillow- cases quiet so that refreshing sleep may be had cool drinking water conveniently conveniently conveniently con con- placed a cool compress to the fore forehead if e d I if there is head headache che keeping the patients patient's hands and face clean and the hair combed keeping his m mouth Uth dean clean i nn preferably with Rome home pleasant mouth wash letting the patient pa pa- patient tient know that someone Is Is' within call can but not an annoying him with too much fussing giving the patient plenty of opportunity to re rest rent and sleep So much for the patient It 1 is equI illy ly Important to consider the per son wl who whits c is Is' Is caring for tor him im It t Is Important Im- Im lm to remember that the disease is spread by breathing germ germ i laden germ laden den mattel mat mattei mat tel tei sprayed into it ih the air br b by the p patient In coughing or even in ordinary breath breathing breath breath- ing Th The att attendant should therefore wear a n gauze mask over oyer her mouth and nose whine while she site Is in the sick room Observe Cleanliness The attendant should if It possible wear war a washable bl gown or an apron which covers th the dress This will make It It much to avoid avold Infection It Is de that all nil attendants learn lenin how flow to use a fever ter thermometer Tl This Is Is I Inot not at lIt all n a difficult matter and the use ot of such 8 s s. s thermometer Is a great Grent help in hl caring t for r the patients In hi closing RIll ant lest I be Je misunderstood misunderstood stood I wish to leave leD one word of ot r caution If It in doubt call the doctor |