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

  • Munro, Aeneas.
Date:
1873
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    quired. The top ought to be perfectly flat, and there ought to be a light rim all round, as brought out in the figure, for the pur- pose of preventing any article slipping off. The edge or border next to the patient is bevelled or hollowed out, so as to allow it to come in closely. The feet should be about eight inches in height, and made of as light material as possible. The whole length of the table should not be less than about two feet, and the breadth about a foot and a half. A simple article of this kind has often pro- duced comfort and contentment, without which the sick person would be fretful and irritable. When the sick person is confined to bed, this little table may be used with great advantage. If the invalid is weak or tired when food is presented to him, and if he tries to help himself—and where is the invalid who will not attempt this, either to please his friends or satisfy himself as to how much he can do 1—at all events, the result may probably be the same—he allows part of the food to fall on the bed-clothes, his own linen, or something else equally uncom-
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