Clinical lectures on the principles and practice of medicine . Fig. 530. relating to the pathology and mode of propagation of continued fever is* Papers in the Lancet, from 1856 to 1858. Fig. 530. A clinical ward of the Royal Infirmary in 1817, 60 feet by 24, showingthe arrangement of fever beds, and the screen which isolated them. CONTINUED FEVER. 945 important, namely, Whether it be or be not advisable and right to admitfever cases into the general ward of an hospital. My reply is decidedlyin the affirmative, being satisfied it is far better in every point of viewto dilute the contagious ele
Clinical lectures on the principles and practice of medicine . Fig. 530. relating to the pathology and mode of propagation of continued fever is* Papers in the Lancet, from 1856 to 1858. Fig. 530. A clinical ward of the Royal Infirmary in 1817, 60 feet by 24, showingthe arrangement of fever beds, and the screen which isolated them. CONTINUED FEVER. 945 important, namely, Whether it be or be not advisable and right to admitfever cases into the general ward of an hospital. My reply is decidedlyin the affirmative, being satisfied it is far better in every point of viewto dilute the contagious element as much as possible, rather than toconcentrate it by providing special wards for typhus cases. Previous to1825 a few fever cases were treated in each clinical ward of this In-firmary without injury to the other patients, the disposition of the feverbeds being represented in shadow in Fig. 530. The space around. STAIRCASE | \MfiSCSRtlM\ Fig. 6S1. them was partially isolated by a screen partition seven feet high, with adoor at each end. At present the arrangement of fever beds in theclinical wards is represented in Fig. 531. Each bed has 1100 cubic feetof space, and 8-J feet of head room. There is a window on each side ofevery fever bed, and a space of six feet between it and the adjoiningones. The result of this system has been most satisfactory, as during thelast fifteen years there has been no spread of fever in the wards, excepton one occasion, which was traced by Dr. Christison to the rules of thehouse having been neglected.* Treatment of Continued Fever. The general treatment of continued fever which I have found mostuseful, and which you have seen practised in this Infirmary, consists,during the stage of excitement, of giving saline antimonials, administer-ing slight laxatives if occasion require them, and ordering the head tobe shaved and cold applied. Fluid nutrients, such as milk and
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