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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    begins with the face (the most tender part), when the water is quite clean, in order to preserve the eyes from being affected with foul water afterwards. This order should always be followed so long as the babe is tender, at least for the first few weeks. Nurse to The rcst of the head should then be washed, after- have all . , atS wards the body ; and here it must be borne m mmd that all the creases and dimples and wrinkles must be dipped down into and washed, as here the white matter is usually more abundant, and requires more care to remove it from these parts. A little soap rubbed on a piece of flannel is better than a sponge, and a good nurse should avoid using butter for rubbing over the child, because very untidy, and not a whit superior to any other proper unctuous substance. When the whole body is thus carefully rubbed and washed—yet hot too persistently, in case of chaffing the skin, from the desire to take off all the white matter at once—the babe is then taken up on the nurse's lap again, and dried with a soft, smooth, warm towel—daubing being preferable to rubbing the parts. When this is all done, any unctuous substance still adhering to the skin will rise in dry scales when the child is next undressed to be washed. The babe,