New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30
NURSING THEN AND NOW.
STRIDES MADE IN THE PROFESSION
SINCE MISS NIGHTINGALE's DAY.

SINCE MISS NICIHTINCAl1E'S DAY
To read Florence NIghtingaIe's Notes on Nurs-
Ing" published in 1850 brings realization Of the
enormous development or, rather. the creation. OF
the profession Of trained nursing since that day
The desperation with which Miss Nightingale en-
larges upon certain simple points. now the 3 6
Of every sickroom is quite pathetic Certain
practices whica she invsighs against IN the SICK
rooms OF even the wealthy imply disregard o.
decency which seems almost unbelievable. The
changing and airing OF the bed. the comnonest
sanitary precautions seem. not TO have been known
And these sickroom customs were continuation
OF everyday housekeeping and sanitation
- have known whole houses and hospitals smell
Of the sink' she says, y have met Just as stroHS
a stream ~ sewer air coming up III" back stair
case OF 4 grand London house ~ l have ever met
in scutari. and l have seen the rooms In that
house all ventilated By the open doors and the pas
sages all unventiated by the closed "indo"s IN
order that as much OF the sewer air as possible
might be conducted into and retained in the bed
rooms 49,, -;
campaign which resulted in the modern system OF
1900 nursing with q strenuous warfare against
Dit The houEekeepng practices OF the day exas-
perated her Beyond measure. II you Ike 10 wipe
your dirty door, or some portion OF your alrty
wall by hanging up your clean gowns or sna"
against II on peg this IS one way. certainly and
the usual way, ana geneIaL!y Ile "-rs sbs
Of cleaning either door or wall IN d Oso'oola' So
mo nartico Of dust is or be removed
By the present system OF dusting she cries IN
otI9 9,stng means nothing but tapping the dust
from one mart OF the room to another with oooIs
and windows closed What you DO IL Tor cannot
She goes on to say that the only possible way 10
rernovz dust IS with damp CLOTH that al LII II
r1Irs should De made So that damp cloth car pe
used on e. that she has never seen out one
clean floor which the Berlin lacqueTeu, loot'
and that a vast Improvement in health "oGio en-
eIa - neCaga would cover the outside OF thei5
housas With dies that accumulated HIN Co14
ne -Taat7aG rom them with fire engine 49,.
aoors and walls OF hospitals and family suss5
F3eliar7y1s model houses in Looking Back"atu
Ubich we're so constructed that once week OF 49,, 50
tha hose was turned inside and the wole !hte1dGJt
g-,erad she also recommends one thing ina al
I,nst everv civilized city is crying tor to-uey'
tbo1'ob Few have yet attained itsmoke consume
Tybe -a-r woman served TO point the mora aLIo
adorn the tale quite well in lsN ar lofty wv
years later. cav, +ba great nurse.
~ sa,sre sarcasm peculiarly al ms time
- sar,als ink bottles are perpetuaIIy InPIesotS3
49,, &c '1anan's particular worth ana eeheraI
"a 81 s md more uniting them for any Inls,
e fE r raefIIness at all. II IS equally un1 1
go ~ yoerjr and all domestic purposes ~
,ai1a5 ~ ra- dress. every woman now eithrI suua
a.. ~ OgTaddles The fdget of silk ana crlnoI i.
" creaLng ~ stays and shoes Will DO PaI!sH IT
$50 49, than all the medicines IN the Wotlu
~ 49, 800 fortunate Il Is II her sklrts I9 ny
~ - I've wish registrar general WouIu ten
q - avar+ number Of deaths oy burning .h
tl5 49, this absurd and hideous custom / "ISn,
LoL'eL ~ -aorla who Crtnoline couid see tile
80. .arcy, ~ their dress as otheTs see II
T,rsg zinc Crinoliue in sickroo1s Io-oa9