A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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Page 30
... taken not to over- tax the strength of any one , but they can be made use- ful in a good many little ways , and are usually glad of some light occupation . Their work is , however , little to be relied upon , for a patient able to do ...
... taken not to over- tax the strength of any one , but they can be made use- ful in a good many little ways , and are usually glad of some light occupation . Their work is , however , little to be relied upon , for a patient able to do ...
Page 32
... taken , supper to be given out , and preparations to be made for the night . Besides these enumerated , are numberless other things to be done daily . Old patients are going , and new ones continually coming in all stages of dirt and ...
... taken , supper to be given out , and preparations to be made for the night . Besides these enumerated , are numberless other things to be done daily . Old patients are going , and new ones continually coming in all stages of dirt and ...
Page 33
... matter , which must be taken away , not merely stirred up and redistributed . Nothing really removes dust but a damp cloth or sponge , to which it will ad- here . To sweep properly a room full of people THE HOSPITAL WARD . 33.
... matter , which must be taken away , not merely stirred up and redistributed . Nothing really removes dust but a damp cloth or sponge , to which it will ad- here . To sweep properly a room full of people THE HOSPITAL WARD . 33.
Page 34
... 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 sweeping , the ...
... 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 sweeping , the ...
Page 42
... taken off at night , and so kept clean the longer . An extra blanket will be needed toward morning , and should always be at hand . Blankets , as well as sheets , need washing whenever they are stained . or dingy , or taken from ...
... taken off at night , and so kept clean the longer . An extra blanket will be needed toward morning , and should always be at hand . Blankets , as well as sheets , need washing whenever they are stained . or dingy , or taken from ...
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abdomen acid action albumen antiseptic aorta applied arteries bandage bath bleeding blister blood body bones bowels breath Bright's disease burn called cantharides carbolic carbolic acid catheter cavity chest child chloroform clean Cloth cold water common condition constipation covered danger diarrhoea digestion discharge disease disinfected dose dressings dyspnoea effect emetic enema fever finger fluid fracture give given hæmorrhage head heart heat important inflammation injury intestinal irritation keep less limb lungs matter medicine membrane milk mouth mucous mucous membrane muscles nausea necessary nurse ounces pain patient pint placenta plaster poison poultice pressure pulse quantity rectum relieved removed respiration salt sheet sick sick-room side skin solution sometimes specific gravity sponge stimulants strangury STRYCHNIA sugar surface symptoms tablespoonful taken temperature Tincture tion tissues trachea treatment tube urine usually uterus ventilation vomiting ward warm washed wound
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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.