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Show 1 A" thx tors now agree that Hie sickroom should be a sunny one, if jioKsiblc. It has ICIlcfitS Of lH,'n ',"llrl,', "'ituls that pntients c - a. as . " '"' ""'-.V aide get well quicker than kjUnllgllt thoic on the dark aide. .Sunlight gives 111 1 ' I'l'ii'l" should lie drawn if the patient wish- SicKrOOm l' for ''"rk roo," P,-"I1 1 in pain, and in some cases a chirk room is necesnnry, but these are the exceptions. In general ly WEUJ ANDREWS, M. D. ,"m7 roo,n Km1 Muilifilio. In all families there nhould lie one who """" " could perfonn the duties of a nurse. To do so rwptircs tin t und obwrvntion. 8hc must use her eyes and rcmctnlicr every deluil and, if tioKsihlc, mite tliem down in writing, to tell the doctor all alxiut the pnlient in his absence. These are the principal things the nurse should note: First, temperature; tempera-ture; second, pulse; third, respiration. Taking Hie temperature means ascertaining the exact hint of the body. This cannot be done by mere feeling willi the hand. It must lie done with a clinical thermometer, which ia a very important help in tned-ical tned-ical practice. These thermometers can be purchuwd of your druggist and your doctor will instruct us to their use. The temperature can be taken in various parta of the body, the most usual being in the mouth or armpit. The normal or natural heat of the body ia 0H.4 degrees. ' |
