This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ...ever they have seen a new-born baby, they will have been taught just how to wash and dress it, not by having memorized blind rules, but by having had explained to them the reasons for the different steps in the process. In like manner they are taught what precautions to take in the care of cases of infectious ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ...ever they have seen a new-born baby, they will have been taught just how to wash and dress it, not by having memorized blind rules, but by having had explained to them the reasons for the different steps in the process. In like manner they are taught what precautions to take in the care of cases of infectious disease. The principles upon which depends the antiseptic treatment of wounds are taught them. They are shown by chemical experiments what the difference is between oxygen and carbon dioxide, when the importance of proper ventilation is urged upon them. They are also thoroughly taught massage, bandaging, cooking for the sick, bedmaking, and other like essentials of the art by experienced teachers who volunteer their services or are specially employed. These lessons are given to them for the most part beforehand. They then take hold of actual work intelligently, which must ever be the ideal result to be aimed at in all teaching. These frequent meetings of the class with the physicians establish a most serviceable relation of mutual confidence. The physician knows how far he can trust to the nurse's knowing what to do, and to her asking him for instruction beyond this limit. At first it seemed possible to take as students some of the nurses who were then in the field. But they for the most part were women well past the prime of life, and we were already discouraged by the difficulty of teaching old nurses new tricks. Nor could they afford to lose their wages for the two years of our course of training; for they had taken up nursing, not Three ladies kindly consented to co-operate with us in the undertaking. After the success of the school was demonstrated, the lady managers at our request assumed the whole responsibility except in the matter...
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