General nursing / by Eva C.E. Lückes.

  • Lückes, Eva C. E. (Charlotte Ellis), 1854-1919.
Date:
1898
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Credit: General nursing / by Eva C.E. Lückes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    coverings which it may lind oppressive, in the pretty way in which children make themselves comfortable when sleeping. Nurses must take care that neither the clothing nor the bedding of a child is too heavy. It makes children misei'able if their natural movements are hampered in any way by their clothing, or to feel that there is any weight from which they cannot escape. A celebrated French physician, who had charge of the hospital for waifs and strays in Paris, used to say that he was able to diagnose children's diseases from the lines and furrows on their faces. This statement is sufficient to show nurses how real and important such indications must be, and to convince them how thoroughly worth while it is for them to study the signs that are written so clearly for those who have eyes to see. The ex Speaking generally, it is useful for nurses to pression remember that with pain in the head there is on ehil- usually contraction of the brows; with pain in dren's ^,]^Q chest the nostrils stand out sharply, and faces. . work rapidly ; with pain in the abdomen a drawing-in of the upper lip may generally be noticed. There is a good deal to be learnt, too, from Colour colour. Lividity of the lips and eyelids shows of children ^ weak condition of the circulation; a faint purple tint of the eyelids and round the mouth indicates some difficulty in digestion, A general earthy tinge of the complexion is a sign of chronic bowel complaint. An observant nurse will follow up these indications with great interest, and gather up much useful knowledge as her ex- perience grows. The cry of sick children varies very much, Til®. „ and conveys much information to those skilful cries . . of children. interpretation of these sounds. In brain diseases there is a sharp, short, sudden cry. If