Tropical home nursing / by R.J. Blackham.

  • Robert J. Blackham
Date:
1921
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Credit: Tropical home nursing / by R.J. Blackham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Outlets —Foul air escapes from an Indian room by (a) the fire-place, (b) the windows, and (c) the doors. Being lighter than pure air, foul air will be found in the upper part of the room, and therefore the clerestory windows, almost universal in our Indian bungalows, should always be left open—even in the coldest weather—to enable the hot, impure air to escape. The fire-place, on the rare occasions when we have a fire in India, is a mostimportant aid to ventilation, as when a the room by the chimney. Inlets—Fresh air enters an Indian room by (a) the doors, and (b) the windows. Windows have already been considered as outlets for foul air; they also act as inlets for a large quantity of pure air, and should be constantly open. Fresh air also enters a room every time the door is opened, and under- neath the door even when shut; but, if this air is from the inside of the building, the door should not be regarded as a suitable means of ventilation. Patients frequently complain of draught when the windows are kept open; the nurse must therefore use consideration and tact, as well as firmness, and when cold or draught is complained of give her patient an extra blanket or a hot-water bottle, by which it will be found he can generally be kept quite warm and contented. This question of ventilation requires unremitting atten- development or spread of disease, retard the healing of wounds, and generally lower the health of her patients. To test the air of a room, the attendant should from time to time go into the open air; on re-entering she will at once be able to detect any defect in ventilation by the presence of a stuffy smell. ,
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