The science and art of nursing the sick / by Aeneas Munro.

  • Munro, Aeneas.
Date:
1873
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Credit: The science and art of nursing the sick / by Aeneas Munro. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    true but sad stcate of the knowledge of those rules and laws of health which are so necessary to all in the duties which concern our daily life and happiness. Surely the youth of the country had better be taught that on which their health depends, for it will become of far greater moment to them throughout life than cramming them with geography, mathematics, classics, etc., which are all useful, but certainly of secondary importance. As yet there has been no distinctive term used to j desis-nate the science and art of nursing the sick. The word nosotrophology (from the Greek word meaning sick or disease, and I care for, nourish, feed), though it sounds harsh, yet, in its broadest and best sense, is most significant, and might have been used. An objection which might be urged against the use of this term is that it may be construed so as to mean the nourishing or feeding the disease, as well as caring for or attending t/ie sick. In the meantime, the simple title of Nursing the Sick will be used. It must be under- stood, however, that by this is meant that science which relates to 'the waiting upon those who arc labouring under disease, and in the broadest sense in which this can be used.
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