A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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Page 27
... surface dust can be removed quite effectively and noiselessly by means of a damp cloth wrapped around a broom . The essential furnishings of the sick - room are , a bed , a bedside table , an easy chair , a lounge , and a large movable ...
... surface dust can be removed quite effectively and noiselessly by means of a damp cloth wrapped around a broom . The essential furnishings of the sick - room are , a bed , a bedside table , an easy chair , a lounge , and a large movable ...
Page 34
... surfaces , must be done with a damp cloth , followed , if need be , with a dry after - polish . The feather- duster in common use is worse than worthless , except to bring down to an accessible height dirt that is out of reach , for it ...
... surfaces , must be done with a damp cloth , followed , if need be , with a dry after - polish . The feather- duster in common use is worse than worthless , except to bring down to an accessible height dirt that is out of reach , for it ...
Page 40
... surface of the body ; cotton does not conduct away the heat so rapidly , and is , there- fore , safer for the use of the sick . Sheeting comes in widths adapted for beds of different sizes . Whatever the width of the sheet , the length ...
... surface of the body ; cotton does not conduct away the heat so rapidly , and is , there- fore , safer for the use of the sick . Sheeting comes in widths adapted for beds of different sizes . Whatever the width of the sheet , the length ...
Page 41
... surface coming in contact with the face is usually very disagreeable , though , in some cases , where there is special need for warmth , as in acute rheuma- tism , the patient will be put directly between the blank- ets . Blankets of ...
... surface coming in contact with the face is usually very disagreeable , though , in some cases , where there is special need for warmth , as in acute rheuma- tism , the patient will be put directly between the blank- ets . Blankets of ...
Page 42
... surfaces even , the spreads equally far from the floor on both sides , and with the corners arranged at the same angle . In some hospitals the convalescents make their own beds ; but a great lack of uniformity results , detracting much ...
... surfaces even , the spreads equally far from the floor on both sides , and with the corners arranged at the same angle . In some hospitals the convalescents make their own beds ; but a great lack of uniformity results , detracting much ...
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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.