New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-25

Too much cannot be said OF good nursing, and few
people are aware Of the great value OF a competent
person In charge OF the patient. Any number of lives
have been saved BY a competent nurse, and many a
chance OF recovery has been lost by the want Of faith
fh, intelligent Every doctor could tell how his
best efforts have been rendered useless by incompetence
and ignorance. 1t is not too much to say that the
nurse Is as important the physician, and in many
cases even more so. How crimnally careless is 1t
therefore for mother to leave child TO the care Of
H ignorant woman however faithful and honest She
may be- Even in slight ailments this should be
uoae change Tor the worst may so suddenly
=" some little carelessness may aggravate the
original trouble that the little creature cannot be too
CiOsely watched The head-master Of one Of the
4"isese schools In the country, I'm relating his ex
PVI'ehce Win boy who was III unto death with
pneumonia told the following which fully exemplfes
wh"t has been said: When the doctor declared his
mess 70 be pneumonia" he said, Z" of course tele-
s'"P'ro hfs parents at once. but they lived at San
francisco, and long before they could reach him the
eMns fate would be decided, for he very
ILL., With two trained nurses and an excellent doctor
nc hao The best Of care nevertheless he grew rapidly
worse. A well-known specialist from Boston was
summoned, and sadly shook his head as he left the
veoaae There is no hope he said. AS he said 1t
iat that could not give that boy up, that must
SOW nm for his mother. took of my coat, put ON
sSim dressing gown, and arranged that should not
e'Snee in thousand said the famous physician be-
'ue Eaving, the boy has you say, never TASTED
ssnaant; that is the one point in his favor. Keep
nm alive for twenty four hours and he may rally
ana he did-for all OF that time I never left him.
never ceased my watch fairly wrestled uith death
frsyng and fighting against the destroyer the hours
passed; and when his mother came the first word /
0Oud say 10 her was Hope"
well-knOwn medical in writing about nursing
Sls I'll Is not absolutely necessary that sicknurse
shouh be highly educated. but she must possess the
qualification OF common sense'that is the knowledge
u every day affairs. She must, however, be able TO
read writing and she ought also to have all her five
SENSES in healthy active condition-viz., sight hear
lh2 feeling. smell and taste-sght. that she may be
able TO read directions or aloud 10 the patient, and
watch the change OF cc0ntenance. Hearing that she
may catch the fantesi whisper change of breathing
feehng that she may detect instantly any change in
'he heat dTyness or chill OF the skin. Smell to
n"iee at once the least impunty in the atmosphere
Of the rom, TO judge Of melicne and taste that
sle may not Offer any food 20 the patient that is
NOT appctizing and wholesome. This is an excellent
summary OF qualifications although there are other
moral attributes quite sentialgenteness, neat
meas. extreme patience, unselhsiness, frmneSs, In
Tact "a perfect woman Dobly planned is the ideal
nurse.7
There Is no better way of preserving the beautiful
autumn leaves which you may gather just now In such
Quantities in your daily walks, than 10 lay several
uacknesses OF yellow paper IA board have q
hatiron and cake OF yellow wax place a leaf the
ksp<r, pass the iron over the and iron ON both