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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    morning, usually as soon as convenient after the babe is dressed. But, if the mother is strong, she may have the night-dress changed at night also, or oftener if there is perspiration : this, of course, must depend entirely on circumstances. The nurse ought to sponge the face and hands whenever that may be necessary, and she is not to allow the mother to do either her- self during the first four days. While she is bathing the face she must be careful to place a warm dry towel over the top of the chest, to protect her from catching cold, to which she is very susceptible about the third or fourth day ; the want of this precaution is often seen, and causes serious mischief It is much to be feared, in this particular, that nurses do more harm than is really suspected. Injury may be most certainly traced to the want of care in the morning ablution of the patient, which begins a train of symptoms not easily explained until inquired into. The hair ought, at the same time, to be tidied; it requires nothing more just now-as it was done up during the first stage of labour, and won't be undone till the patient is able to sit up in bed at least. After the face and liands are bathed, and the hair tidied, the nurse carefully bathes the pudenda, the