A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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... 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 his kind encourage- ment and assistance , and to Dr. J. S. Hawley , to whose valuable ...
... 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 his kind encourage- ment and assistance , and to Dr. J. S. Hawley , to whose valuable ...
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... matter of no small difficulty to persuade a patient to submit to having his room suitably ventilated , and almost equally prevalent among the ignorant , and still more unaccountable , is the dread of clean clothes . Such notions must ...
... matter of no small difficulty to persuade a patient to submit to having his room suitably ventilated , and almost equally prevalent among the ignorant , and still more unaccountable , is the dread of clean clothes . Such notions must ...
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... matters , and he will be less likely to suspect you of arbitrary decisions upon others . Never use force where persuasion will avail , even with a delirious patient , and do not make an un- necessary display of authority . The authority ...
... matters , and he will be less likely to suspect you of arbitrary decisions upon others . Never use force where persuasion will avail , even with a delirious patient , and do not make an un- necessary display of authority . The authority ...
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... matter what difficulties and annoyances you may encounter . Try to secure for the sufferer repose of mind as well as of body , freedom from anxiety , and absence of all discussions . If he sees that nothing is overlooked or forgotten ...
... matter what difficulties and annoyances you may encounter . Try to secure for the sufferer repose of mind as well as of body , freedom from anxiety , and absence of all discussions . If he sees that nothing is overlooked or forgotten ...
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... matters , but decide for him . your own mind as to the best sult , not the patient , but the doctor . Frankly acknowl- edge your ignorance to the person from whom you can get the desired information . There are very few med- ical men ...
... matters , but decide for him . your own mind as to the best sult , not the patient , but the doctor . Frankly acknowl- edge your ignorance to the person from whom you can get the desired information . There are very few med- ical men ...
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Page 132 - Carrageen moss, pour over it two cups of boiling water, and let it stand where it will keep hot, but not boil, for two hours.