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

  • Munro, Aeneas.
Date:
1873
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    CO. CS-A-PT-ER-i.' THE SICK-ROOM. o lN entering upon the consideration of the choice ^e^sick- of the sick-room, we at once meet with a diffi- culty, viz., that in the great majority of cases we have no power of choosing, in consequence of there being no alternative, and sometimes from the very nature of the case it would be imprudent to change the sick person from one room to another. Speaking generally, a community or a town may be divided into three great groups: 1st—The sick poor; 2nd —The great body of the working-class population; 3rd—The middle and upper classes. /. The sick poor who have inadequate means of pro- curing the necessary comforts of life during Iiealth, and have made no provision for themselves in disease ; whose dwellings are totally unsuited during sickness; and for whom charitable institutions are provided, dens.