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Show B tl I I . ,1 , Ill I I H Care of the Sick -Room. H Mrs. Burton Kingslund. writing ol B "When Nursing the Sick" In tho Sep H tember LndiuH' Homo Journal, inaisis m Hint ',n Lratiquil mind ia of the ut most m importance to tho patient, mid coiihc- B juontly everything must seem to be B moving smoothly and eitBily, no matter m vliat dillicuities the mil so nmy have to B v n con liter. The invalid Hliotild not be B pillowed; to feel uny lesponsiblity wliut- B iver about his own case. Tho nick room B should bo kept scrupulousl. neat, mid B jniide iik cheerful iiml uttinotive ;ib B possible, that the eyes of tl.o piilient B may rest with pleasure upon his sui'- B rounding. The nu'rse hci'-elf may cou- H .tributo to' tho agreeable enviionmeuL if H Iier own dress ia simple and, tasteful, H , and above nil, conspicuously neat. All B soiled dishes should be removed im- B medately aftor being used, and no food B kept in sight. Even the medicine bottles H need not be obtrusively in evidence. H "Stillness has in itself a power to H Hoothe, and, as nil know, when the H nerves are quiet Nature'ri healing H processes go on without impediment. H Creaking shoes, rustling of garim-ntf, B tin; rattling of dishes and kindred noises H nre often the occasion of positive sutler H ing to the invalid. To accidently jar H the bed, to Hpill the medicine when m administering it, to close the door H noisily, to 'sleep audibly' uic cubes B where 'n small uukindness isugieut B offense' in the hypei sensitive condition B of the nerves of the patient." J |