Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-09-15
TRAM WOMEN NURSES.
can meyer succeed
God forbid I!

Lime was WHICH professional
nurses among women were dis
countenapced ; but now, such ad.
vance has this profession made
and so high has it been elevated
that it is recognized, and justly,
too, as one of the nobiest p~rofes
sio1s, abreast of the pulpit, the
medical profession and the law,
and in its ranks may be found
members of the best, W, althieet
and most aristocratic families in
the land.
Such progress has this profess
sion made in popular favor that it
has even invaded the staid New
England States and s recognized
with favor in prim Boston, herself.
We see from our New England
exchanges that the first training
school for nurscs in New England
was opened on Monday, Sept. 5, at
Carney Hospital, South Boston. It
begins with seven Students, care
fully chosen, and altogether
promising, as the pioneers in any
notable movement should be But
from this modest beginning, a
great AID benefcent Institution
will surely develop.
In his impressive address at the
opening of the school, DR.. Mylcs
Standish dwelt on the noble career
of Carney Hospital ard the special
advantages the students within its
walls will enjoy. 1t is famed in
medical circles for its progressive
spirit, SO many of the important
discoveries and improved methods
in medical science within the past
rs years having had their first
welcome and application within
its walls. Names greatssand hon
ored in medicine have been asso-
ciated with Carney Hospital from
the beginning. Dr. Standish mens
toned with especial affection and
reverence the name of DR.. Henry
l. Bowditch.
Here, too, can the students gain
a wide experience, for the patients
are of all ages, ranks and con-
ditione.
DR.. Standish reminded his young
hearers that though the career
they were preparing for is both
honorable and lucrative, yet, TO
attain the best success in, it, they
must have higher standards than
worldly honors or financial gain.
As we said in tho beginning.
time was, and not SO long ago,
when the occupation of professional
nurses was deservedly low in popu-
lar esteem. Dickens was not
making caricatures when he gave
us Betsey Prig and Sairey Camp.
The o'd-time nurses were too
often, as DR.. Standish puts it,
slovenly. carelefs, incorporate and
hard-hearted,
Medical science adyanccs and
makes larger and larger demands
upcn the skill and knowledge Of
the nurse. Nursing is raised ale
most to the dignity of a profession;
with it's field in homes as well as in
hospitals, and its recruits are very
largely women who go into the
work in the spirit OF a broad and
noble. philanthropy-for sweet
charity's sake.
1t was for these especially that
lDr. Standish drew this portrait OF
the ideal nurse -
Something In addition to the
kindness of heart, and good intens
tions. purity of life, temperance
and the love of God is required OF
the ideal nurse. It il necessary
that she should be able to take q
temperature TO the tenth of a de-
gree, that she should know what
that temperature may mean, en-
ough to act intelligently upon OBJ
tanning the knowledge unexpeets
eddy; that she should appreciate
the fact that to wash mp q sponge
antisepticalIy, aud then drop il on