Even after the fever has abated it is necessary to keep the patient isolated, or "in quarantine," as it is called, for some days. A rough estimate of the time required for quarantine in the different diseases is given in the table in the first section, but the doctor should always be the one to decide when it may be raised, as circumstances or complications may arise which might make it allowable to shorten or necessary to lengthen the time.

When the doctor does allow the patient to be moved, a warm cleansing bath (including the washing of the hair) must be given. This is followed by a bichloride bath, 1-1ooo, and an alcohol rub. The patient is then wrapped in a clean sheet and taken to a different room, where fresh clothes which have not been in the sick-room are put on. Those who have done the nursing must go through the same procedure.

Time of Quarantine

Disinfecting the Patient