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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    this mle ? Trifling as this may appear, it should never be forgotten, for if the outside even of a cup or tumbler is not clean, be the cause what it may, it is frequently the origin of the no appetite and the bad digestion. From all that has been said, it might at first sight appear unnecessary to mention that in order to secure cleanliness the attendant must always be on the watch to use the water for cleansing and other purposes, pure, and plenty of it. The towels should all be clean to begin with. As no one is infallible, not even the best and most careful nurses, any person who has charge of the sick will be stimulated when reminded of these things; but the frequency of using doubtful articles justifies the exposure of this practice. Besides, the energies of the attendant is in a measure frustrated if there is want of care in this particular. Disinfectants, Deodorisers.—The substances which Pleasant odours worse can disinfect or deodorise are of great value in the uniesHhe^e' is plenty of nursmg of the sick. Every nurse or head in charge should make herself acquainted with some of them, and the principles on which they are based, Disin- icctants and deodorisers have often been so errone-
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