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... attendant ; the general principles to be observed by attendants in their intercourse with patients ; 2. The treatment by employment , the kinds of employment useful ; 3. The amusements and diversions - The supreme authority of physician ...
... attendant ; the general principles to be observed by attendants in their intercourse with patients ; 2. The treatment by employment , the kinds of employment useful ; 3. The amusements and diversions - The supreme authority of physician ...
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... attendants should be special - Their duties - The requirements of the wet and dirty - Treatment by hygienic means— The arrangement of the building - Its chief requirements - Instruc- tions to architects by the Commissioners in Lunacy ...
... attendants should be special - Their duties - The requirements of the wet and dirty - Treatment by hygienic means— The arrangement of the building - Its chief requirements - Instruc- tions to architects by the Commissioners in Lunacy ...
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... attendants ; so as never to allow the patient to be one minute without a pair of watchful eyes upon him ; this may ... attendant should not watch suspiciously , but merely assiduously . He should also by conversation render himself an ...
... attendants ; so as never to allow the patient to be one minute without a pair of watchful eyes upon him ; this may ... attendant should not watch suspiciously , but merely assiduously . He should also by conversation render himself an ...
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... attendants . One night , her niece took one of the usual nurses ' position , and sat on one side of the aunt's bed , while another woman sat on the other side . They did not take their eyes off the patient , who appeared to them to ...
... attendants . One night , her niece took one of the usual nurses ' position , and sat on one side of the aunt's bed , while another woman sat on the other side . They did not take their eyes off the patient , who appeared to them to ...
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William Henry Octavius Sankey. had been raving all night , and had attacked the attendants . " In the asylum she became quiet and dull , and little disposed to speak , but at times suddenly violent . She made an attack upon and attempted ...
William Henry Octavius Sankey. had been raving all night , and had attacked the attendants . " In the asylum she became quiet and dull , and little disposed to speak , but at times suddenly violent . She made an attack upon and attempted ...
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