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Show ,! HOW I I i i r DREADED "SLEEPING SICK- f t NESS" MAY BE AVOIDED. I l f The British ministry of health f I has issued a bulletin on enceph- i f nlitis leihurgiea (commonly but ? I erroneously called "sleeping sick- . ness") to which it appends the ? I i following advice as to preruu- i ? tions to be taken against it: ; ' "The other occupnnis of ft house in which a cue of en- i f cephalitis has occurred or is be- f I ing created may be assured that" i ' the disease is one of low iufee- T I tlvity. and that very little risk , Is run by association with the ; patient. At the same time it is I . desirable that such association ; .- j should be limited to what is nec- f essary for proper care and nurs- ! 1 t ing, and the patient should be t i well isolated in a sepnrate room, i ; "School children lu the affect- ed household may be kept from ' school, as a precautionary, tneas- J- f lire, for three weeks after the .j Isolation of the 'patient. Those ; in contact with the case should f i he advised to use antiseptic uas- ! t a I sprays or douches and to gar- f i gle the throat with solutions I such as those advised for inllu- J f euza. f I "For example, any of the fol- ; ? lowing may be used: (1) 1 per ! cent solution of peroxide of hy- 1 drogen ; (2) n solution of per- i mnnganate of potash, 1 In 5,000 ; I in .08 per cent solution of chlor- f t ide of sodium (common salt) ; I i (3) liquor sodae chlorlnatae, 0.5 j f per cent. These solutions can ; be used ns ordinary gargles or T f snuffed up the nostrils or applied I by an etlicient spray. ? j "It Is desirable that any per- j f sons In the Infected household 4 who suffer from sore throat or ? t other symptoms suggesting an I I abortive attack should be treated ? f from this point of lev and lso- . lated as far as possible until ? I they have recovered. The sick i room should be . thoroughly J i cleansed and disinfected at the j end of the illness." Buffalo Ex- j ! i press. f j |