The science and art of nursing the sick / by Aeneas Munro.

  • Munro, Aeneas.
Date:
1873
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Credit: The science and art of nursing the sick / by Aeneas Munro. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    by parents, nurses, or attendants on the sick, who, not comprehending, are therefore incapable of carrying out your instructions. I have myself seen only too frequently, he continues, the most melancholy deaths produced in families, and extreme wretched- ness occasioned from carelessness or ignorance. Considering the source from which these words of advice and warning comes, and from their startling nature, they demand serious attention. Hfcin^er-^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ addrcss from which the above extract fectlyknown. • , i . . , is taken, it is remarked, regarding the preservation of life, that each individual taxes his utmost energies, and that for its defence an army of law-agents, from the judge to the policeman, are remunerated by the State—there is perhaps no- subject with which man- kind in general,^ either as communities or individuals, is so little acquainted as that which relates to their own health. Many years ago the late Sir James Clark called attention to the same subject. In my opinion, says Sir James, no teacher of any class should be considered competent till he has given proof of possessing a general knowledge of the structures and functions of the human body. The opinions now quoted may suffice in pointing out the