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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    ^reat usefulness, this little instrument is sure to be- come more general in our sick-rooms. It is very cheap, and if people knew of it they certainly would provide themselves with it instead of placing a night- light on an open plate. Some light is really re- quired, for the sick feel the night so long, and they weary for the day-break, and yet they must not have too much light. This is the faintest they could have, and yet it is enough to get anything with. This is the most convenient of all lights in the sick-room. MEDICINAL GLASS MEASURES. Sometimes the want of a measuring glass has cost Graduated ■ measures a life, and cases of this kind are constantly observed alone accu- rate. Fig. 7. in the journals. In the Edinburgh Medical Journal of this month (April, 1872) may be seen a case in point. It is now admitted that occasionally errors of a dangerous nature have occurred from carelessness, neglect, or accident, in giving drops as a dose when powerful medicine is used. A drop is indefinite, and varying accord- ing to— I. The consistency of the fluid itself.
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