Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood . eutic measuresadopted to resist and combat further systemic invasion, tuber-culous disease may remain localized or become general, andpursue an acute or chronic course. The successful management of tuberculosis rests upon athorough appreciation of the aforementioned facts. We possessno specific remedy against tuberculosis, once fully established, butthe disease is certainly preventable and in its incipient stage 352 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. curable—a great deal more
Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood . eutic measuresadopted to resist and combat further systemic invasion, tuber-culous disease may remain localized or become general, andpursue an acute or chronic course. The successful management of tuberculosis rests upon athorough appreciation of the aforementioned facts. We possessno specific remedy against tuberculosis, once fully established, butthe disease is certainly preventable and in its incipient stage 352 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. curable—a great deal more than can be said of a number of non-tuberculous, organic affections. Prevention of tuberculosis in a child must begin immediatelyProphylaxis, after its birth. The air the infant is to breathe should bepure, the room it is kept in sanitary and well ventilated,though warm enough to suit its needs. From earliest infancythe child should be gradually accustomed to outdoor air, and,as it grows older, it should spend most of the day outdoors,except when the weather is particularly bad. In this event it Outdoor air. Fig. 89.—Tubercle Bacilli and Micrococcus Tetragenus (spu-tum). Gabbets stain, Leitz ocular I, oil immersion x/\2. (a)tubercle bacilli; (b) micrococcus tetragenus. (Lenharts andBrooks.) should remain well dressed in front of an open window. Especialattention should be paid to its breathing. Any obstruction tofree nasal breathing, be it adenoids, hypertrophy of the tonsils orof the nasal mucous membrane or deformity of the nasal bones,should be treated or removed without delay. The child shouldbe taught to breathe deeply—few children know how to breathe,as is readily evinced in examining a childs chest. Infants shouldbe encouraged to cry off and on, and older children to recite andsing in the open air. As the child grows old enough intelligentlyto follow instructions, it should be taught the following breathingexercises:— 1. Deep inhalation, while rai
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