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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    , THE DRINKING-CUP. A7 Fig. lo. straight spout, but this one is inferior to the one in Fig. 9 in its usefuhiess. Any drinking-cup with a straight spout should not be taken, for they do not answer the purpose for which they were intended, namely, of feeding the patient without effort, nearly so satisfactorily as those do which have the spout curved. When the sick person is lying with the head The spout of drinking- moderately low, it is next to impossible to give him est import- ance—why? a drink from a cup the spout of which is straight without spilling some, unless more than ordinary care is taken. At all events, any one who has been at the trouble to try the two together will find the one with the curved spout the more convenient. Still, there are large china warehouses where none but the kind with the straight spout can be got It is regarded as of no consequence, provided a drinking-cup is used, whether it is the one or the other, but it is certainly a matter of great moment for the sick person to get everything that will entail the least possible fatigue, and afford the greatest amount
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