A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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Page 5
... frequent in my own experience , of going through a mass of extraneous and over - technical matter in search of the little things which they need to know . I desire to express my grateful acknowledgments to Professor E. L. Youmans , for ...
... frequent in my own experience , of going through a mass of extraneous and over - technical matter in search of the little things which they need to know . I desire to express my grateful acknowledgments to Professor E. L. Youmans , for ...
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... frequently be encount- ered , must be combated firmly , though always kindly . It is often a matter of no small difficulty to persuade a patient to submit to having his room suitably ventilated , and almost equally prevalent among the ...
... frequently be encount- ered , must be combated firmly , though always kindly . It is often a matter of no small difficulty to persuade a patient to submit to having his room suitably ventilated , and almost equally prevalent among the ...
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... frequently than it is , to be spent in the open air . Later in the day will be evening temperatures to be taken , supper to be given out , and preparations to be made for the night . Besides these enumerated , are numberless other ...
... frequently than it is , to be spent in the open air . Later in the day will be evening temperatures to be taken , supper to be given out , and preparations to be made for the night . Besides these enumerated , are numberless other ...
Page 34
... frequently taken up . Water for washing floors should be often renewed , and not too freely used . Vigorous rubbing with a cloth or carriage sponge , wrung out nearly dry , will do more good than a deluge of dirty water . During the ...
... frequently taken up . Water for washing floors should be often renewed , and not too freely used . Vigorous rubbing with a cloth or carriage sponge , wrung out nearly dry , will do more good than a deluge of dirty water . During the ...
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... placed a mattress of some kind . For this various materials are used - hair , straw , jute , compressed sponge , etc. Straw has the ad- vantage of cheapness , and the ticks can be frequently 38 A TEXT - BOOK OF NURSING .
... placed a mattress of some kind . For this various materials are used - hair , straw , jute , compressed sponge , etc. Straw has the ad- vantage of cheapness , and the ticks can be frequently 38 A TEXT - BOOK OF NURSING .
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