The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-14
HERE AND THERE:
:::::: by Mrs. Meta Folger Townsend: :::::
the veins of both patient and physi.

the veins of both patient and physi-
clan.
The invalid had been taught to be-
| lieve that she would be treated simply
as a piece of machinery to be set in
working order, and even since then
she has heard the same hospital cri-
ticised for its cold bloodedness.
Cant Miss W be with me a
good deal? / like her so much" The
patient did not understand. at first.
that certain nurses were detailed for
duty to certain patients, hence she
was not aware of any impropriety in
speaking to the head nurse of Miss
W. That young lady soon came in
with a smiling face: Nov l am to
take care of you. Miss Brown and my
self have been exchanged"
The head nurse had promptly gra-
tilted what seemed a whim. not, of
course, for the mere sake of giving
the patient her own way, but because
she was wise enough to recognize
how powerfully the body is affected by
mental states.
The strongest of US will reflect the
moods of those about US. then how
needful it is that the sick should have
the benefit of a sunny smile a CHEEKY
word, and a sympathetic nature such
Again why do so many doctors
come at once? 1t confuses me-"
Later the speaker learned that the
young physicians working under DR..
Kelly and anxious to lose no word of
his, always waited quietly in the hall
till the nurse and one physician came
out to them.
Sometimes one feels that any suf-
fering is not too great if so we find
40 TT of
1t is wonderful. the attraction that
women of culture find in the nurses
life. The training school at Johns
Hopkins has turned out remarkable
set of women. You know without the
telling that many of these now in
training have had fine social and edu-
cational advantages.
The head nurse already spoken of
may be taken as somewhat more than
fair sample. A woman of great
beauty, and possessed of a mind. re-
markable for its brilliancy yet essen
TALLY feminine. she might have ruled
in any social world if her inclinations
had led her there.
Even here she has a certain pre-
eminence. Her charm and strength
are recognized. The Christmas season
spent by the invalid in Johns Hopkins
brings to the nurses room book after
book whose outward dress appeals to
the ladys refined taste as the inner
substance is fitted to the woman's Gull
tivated intellect
Even DR.. Osler once said to the
nurse who had sometimes been detail
ed to assist in his ward: "They tell
me you are fond of lyric poetry. There
is q little book you may like.
And still, with all her cultivation. in
spite of all her natural ability and
her acquired self-control the woman's
dominant quality is her heart-power
Always must that be the ruling thing
in womanliness. When off duty and
allowing that marvellous mask of con-
troll to slip from her for a moment
this nurse once tells the invalid a
pitiful little tale of how they had
fought to save the life of Billy, a stray
waif who had no one to fight for him
outside the hospital walls. There are
tears in the eyes. and the sweet voice
is broken when the words end the
story: "But we couldn't save Billy"
Think you not that a heart like that is
worth more than all the culture of all
the schools?