The Red Cloud chief., 1881-11-10

! children; and. II desirable. some LITTLE
delicacy % temp, the appetite viii b
well bestowed. but avoid the common
custom o. tempting them with unwho'e-
some thing. Stay only n moment, ar =
few moments n the most. unless yoa
can be ri some help.
believe in eyery family taking care
of their W SICK. as fsr a. possible. for
this reason: II 10 best 10 have n
steady nurse; patients. as . rule. have
better care, less confusion. and medi-
cine is q ven with more resu ari;y.
When am called tn watch over a
sick person. this - n Of the hr.t
questions: DO YOU give your osn med
icine. or am I TO give II In nine cases
out of ten l am To give IL. Well. The
next thing to lie done is To take the
directions for giving the medicine. l
90 TO the table or stand; ms eyes rest
upon a goblet of solution. a vial OF pei
lets, two and perhaps three different
kinds OF powders, the three clusters 50
near together il is a hard matter To tell
..tother from which | ind. by loo$-
ing them over. that the doctor has not
written out the direction in full. j turn
I'D the tllt uuErc 6uA aR6 - -
given, and he or she goes on TO tell.
and when they have finished IL would
defy a =. PHILADELPHIA LAWYER Ia un-
raycl the mess correctly. This neglect
on the par, of the physician is. in M
humble opinion. unpardonaole.
never allow a doctor TO leave the
house without writing out the directions
of the medicine TO be given IN full and
legibly.
, The nurse must follow out the d.
rcctions, as given. to the letter. and
watch the result. an b. able TO give
( the SYMPTOMS of the patient correctly
to the physician in attendance on his
next call.
3. Ask what effect the medicine left
should have upon the patient II 1t WORKS
as he would wish. and what the result
| would be il it should work contrary or
| the dose prove too large; then if no
uhe doctor) is at q distance you a
use your own judgment in case all is not
right.
b. a close observance OF the above
one cannot fail to make themselves use
full in the s.ck-room.
Every intelligent person should know
I IlDN ~ dSCCtlsiill khO oNhN Va ~ ltNGu
i'm health; then, by comparing il
with what it is when he IS
ailing, he may have some idea
OF the urgency of his case. Parents
should know the health pulse of ea h
child-as now and then person is born
with q peculiarly slow or fast pulse
and the yer, Ease in hand may be OF
that peculiarly. An infants pulse is
40; a child of seven about eighty, and
from twcnt ,-eight TO sixty years 1t is
seventy beats Il minute, declining To
| sixty at eighty. \ healthful grown
persons pulse beats seventy times a
minute; there may be good health
down to sixty. but if the Pulse always
exceeds seventy there is disease; the
m ,chine is working itself out, there il
fever or Inflammation somewhere, and
the BODY is feeding on Itself; rs in con.
sumption. when the pu'se is quick. that
is over seventy. gradually increasing.
with decreased chances of cure. until il
reaches 10 or H.. when death comes
before many DAYS. When the pulse is
over seventy for months, and there is a
slight cough. the lungs are affected.
1t is also essential to know how tn
nOlu u SICK pei Win CasC. NCNCt
grasp him or support any part of the
body with the tips of your fingers. but
with the whole breadth of your hand
laid smoothly on the skin. If You use
the finger ends for holding any weight,
they will press and dis into the pa
tents flesh, causing him great discom-
fort, particularly il the part be at all
iniamed; but if your whole hand. with
fingers a little spread out, divide the
weight over its surface, no discom ort
or as little as possible is produced.
Persons DESTROYS of ascertaininy the
true state of their lunTs are directed TO
draw in as much breath rs they con-
veniently can; they are then to count
as far as they are able in a slow and
audible voice without drawing in more
breath. The number of seconds they
can continue must be carefully OBJ
served. In consumption the time does
not exceed ten and is frequently less
than six seconds. In pleurisy and
pneumonia it ranges from nine 10 four
seconds. When the lungs are in sound
condition the time will range as high as
from twenty TO thirty-five seconds.
To keep ice in the sick room: Cut of
| flannel about nine inches square and
secure it by ligature round the mouth
| of an ordinary tumbler so as to leave
the cup-shape depression Of flannel
| within the tumbler TO about halt its
depth. In the flannel cup SO formed
pieces of ice may be preserved many
hours. all the longer if a piece of fan
mel from four to live inches square be
used as a loose cover to the ice cup.
Cheap flannel with comparatively open
meshes is preferable. rs the water easily
drains through it and the ice is kept
quite dry.-Cor. Detroit Free iress.