Title
"Hints for Attendants in the Sick Room", undated
Subject
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948
Home care
Description
Newspaper clipping titled "Hints for Attendants in the Sick Room," undated.
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives
Date
undated
Contributor
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948
Rights
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Format
image/jpeg
Language
en-US
Type
Text
Identifier
RG9-12-1043_1_7_008
Date Created
2022-02-08
Extent
14.1x11.5cm
Transcription
Hints for Attendants in the Sick Room
Do not get out of temper, but strive to make the sick-chamber
the pleasantest and yet the quietest portion of the house.
Do not converse in whispers; invalids generally are suspicious, and
will imagine all sorts of things if they hear but do not understand a conversation in the room.
Do not urge the invalid to eat and drink when he does not feel like it.
Allow no unpleasant smells to pervade the room; prevent this
by a thorough ventilation: let fresh air in freely and frequently.
Keep everything that is used by the patient perfectly clean.
Do not allow the nauseating medicine-bottles to stand in the sight of the patient.
Study all peculiarities of your patient, and instead of opposing
them by argument or otherwise, humor them, whenever by so doing
you do not interfere with the physician's instructions.
Make all the food of the patient as attractive in appearance as in taste.
Do not allow flowers or plants to be kept in the room too long,
and especially over-night.
Proper nursing is an art, and should be studied as assiduously as
any other.
Do not get out of temper, but strive to make the sick-chamber
the pleasantest and yet the quietest portion of the house.
Do not converse in whispers; invalids generally are suspicious, and
will imagine all sorts of things if they hear but do not understand a conversation in the room.
Do not urge the invalid to eat and drink when he does not feel like it.
Allow no unpleasant smells to pervade the room; prevent this
by a thorough ventilation: let fresh air in freely and frequently.
Keep everything that is used by the patient perfectly clean.
Do not allow the nauseating medicine-bottles to stand in the sight of the patient.
Study all peculiarities of your patient, and instead of opposing
them by argument or otherwise, humor them, whenever by so doing
you do not interfere with the physician's instructions.
Make all the food of the patient as attractive in appearance as in taste.
Do not allow flowers or plants to be kept in the room too long,
and especially over-night.
Proper nursing is an art, and should be studied as assiduously as
any other.
Collection
Citation
“"Hints for Attendants in the Sick Room", undated,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed April 29, 2024, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/97481.