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Show NURSES OF 150 YEARS AGO Old Time Article Tells the Difficult Duties and Requirements of Their Profession. In their "History of Nuislng," the authors, Miss Nutting and Miss Dock, quote from an nrtlclo written In 176-t, which gives an insight into what was required of the trained nurse In the eighteenth century. The article says: "'I his occupation is as important for humanity as Its functions are low and repugnant. All persons are not adapted to It, and the heads of hospitals hospi-tals ought to be difficult to please, tor the HVes of patients may depend upon their choice of applicants. The nurso should be patient, mild, compassionate. compassion-ate. She should console the sick, foresee their needs, and relieve their tedium. The domestic duties of the nurse are: To light tho fires In tho wards and keep them going; to carry and distribute nourishment; to accompany accom-pany tho surgeons and doctors on their rounds, and afterwards to remove re-move all dressings, etc.; to sweep the halls and wards, und keep tnu pur.ons oi liiu pailt-nib und their tiuiroundliigs i. .iU, to exility all vessels, and change the patients' linen; to prevent nc.so and quarreling, and disturbances; distur-bances; to notify the steward of everything they boo which s wrong; to carry out the dead and bury them; to light tho lamps In the evening, and visit ilio sick during the night, and to watch them "continually, giving them eety nld which their state requires, and treating them with kindness and consideration.' |
