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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    sheets if they are to be used constantly. The macin- tosh sheet should be so large as to preserve the sheet from being soiled with the discharge, but the practical tact and experience of the nurse will direct her how this is to be applied. In surgical p|rerati6nJTt'l^useful, in addition, to have some tow'with a napkin^ound it, which, if covered with billed silk, forms a'good support for a stump, absorbs part-of-the discharge, and protects the bed. A down quilt, in medical cases especially, is one of the most useful articles in regard to sick- bed clothing that can be conceived. It is convenient on account of its lightness and warmth, and therefore well suited for any season of the year—summer as well as winter. The bed should be so situated that the invalid could see out of the window or look at the fire with- briumthrown on them ? out any effort or straining, and where there is little probability of the patient getting a draught from its relation to the window, the door, or the chimney. Bed-curtains are now in general use, and are advantage- ous if not fully drawn on both sides. They are useful, and may protect the patient from the possibility of being influenced by a current of air when the room is
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