In  visiting  or  attending  persons  labouring
under  fevers,  it  is  advisable  to  avoid  immediate
contact  with  them  or  their  clothing,  or  stand-
ing near  them  in  such  a  position  as  to  inhale
their  breath,  or  the  efSuvia  evolved  ( in  some
cases)  by  their  bodies;  and  when  remaining
for  some  time  in  the  apartment  it  is  preferable
to  sit  or  stand  near  the  fireplace,  or  between


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the  window  and  door,  as  sach  parts  of  the
room  lire  generally  better  vontiluted  than  the
other  portions.  The  greatest  purifier  of  the
atmosphere  of  a  sick  chamber  is  a  good  fire,
Ipi'caiiso  it  occasions  a  continual  current  of  the
impure  air  up  the  eliimney,  and  a  correspond-
ing influx  of  fresh  air  from  without.  Chloride
ol  lime,  or  chloridu  of  zinc,  or  their  solutions,
.ire  aUo  good  purifiers.  The  first,  however,
sliould  not  be  used  in  quantity,  as  the  evolved
clilorine  might  in  that  case  impede  the  respi-
ration of  the  patient.  It  is  also  advisable  to
avoid  entering  the  room  of  a  patient  labouring
nndcr  contagions  diseases  of  any  class  when
the  stomach  is  empty  or  the  spirits  depressed  ;
and  it  has  been  recommended  to  clear  the
mouth  of  the  saliva  immediately  after  quitting
the  chamber.     See  Abmition,  &o.
FEVER  DROPS  (C.  Warburg's  Vegetable).
Camphor  and  aloes,  2i ;  orange  poel,  10  j  elc-
ciimpane  root,  12  j  digest  with  90  per  cent,
spirit  210,  mixed  with  ac.  sulphuric,  dil.  24.
To  the  tincture  add  quinine  sulphate  9;  tinct.
npii  croc.atlB,  21.     (ll.igsky.)

FEVEK  POWDERS  (James's,  also  called
James's  Powder  and  Fulvis  Jacohi).  It  con-
sists essentially  of  phosphate  and  antiinoniate
of  lime  with  free  antinionic  acid.
