1. (_a_) All discharges from the nose and mouth should be gathered in
soft, clean cloths or rags or papers and destroyed by burning. (_b_) The
patient should cover the mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing, for a
cough or sneeze will throw droplets of mucus to a distance of 10 or 12
feet.
2. The attendant should wear a washable gown that completely covers her
clothing. It should be put on when entering the room of the patient and
taken off immediately on leaving it.
3. A basin of water, together with a cake of castile soap (or where
possible an antiseptic solution), should be placed in a convenient
place, so that the doctor and nurse attending the patient may wash their
hands whenever leaving the room, and even _before_ touching the door
handle.
4. All eating utensils that the patient uses should be washed in boiling
hot water separately from other dishes and used exclusively by the
patient.
5. All bedclothes and bedding should be boiled in soap and water, or
they should be exposed to the sunshine. _Direct sunshine kills disease
germs._
6. The person attending the patient should wear a double layer of gauze
or other soft thin cloth across the mouth and nose as a _face mask_
whenever near the patient so as to prevent the droplets containing the
germs coming from the patient's mouth from entering and lodging on the
lining of the mouth or throat of the attendant. _Always remember that
even though you may not get the disease if the germs lodge in your
throat they may grow there and you may carry the disease to another
person who may catch it._