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

Munro, Aeneas.

Date:: 1873

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

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$are excessive and offensive, there should be at least two macintoshes, so as to enable a fresh one to be used when the other is cleaned, dried, and thoroughly aired, A draw-sheet is made up by folding and refolding sometimes a linen sheet or two, and some- times a woollen blanket—the nature of the case determining the use of the one kind or the other. How to The method of changing the macintosh and draw- change the ° ° macintosh. ^^^^^^ ^^\iQri thc patient is lying in the bed is very simple, and is done as follows:—When the two are properly adjusted and rolled up—for this will generally be found most convenient—the nurse, standing on the one side of the bed, gently inserts them as the assistant who stands on the opposite side gently with- draws the used one. If the patient,, however, is not able to give any help, the assistant must aid him to raise himself a little, while the nurse pushes the used ones from under him while she places the clean in their place. The fresh supply is then adjusted. There is no need of uncovering the patient during this process. Mode of There is perhaps more real difficulty met with in changing under-sheet. ^^^^^^^^^ ^j^g u^dcr shect than in any other article of bed clothing. There are various ways in which it$

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