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Smallpox Nursing

Volume 483: debated on Monday 5 February 1951

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asked the Minister of Health whether he will remind directors of smallpox hospitals of the views of experienced doctors that pitting and blindness can be prevented by proper nursing of the cases, including constant use of oil to alleviate irritation.

I am confident that hospital physicians who have charge of smallpox cases are fully skilled in the treatment of the disease.