Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-07

mother falls victim to some dangerGuS disease and lies racked in pain and fever with no sign of recovery, would you be satisfied to leave that loved one in the care of some person Whose greatest interest is i'll the barn yard or the garden? You would be unwill- ing to trust yourself with all of your love and interest and would seek for nurse whose hands have been prop erly trained to administer to the ne cessjties of the sick, whose eyes have been trained to observe their facia! expressions, their symptoms and their changes, what to do in emergencies, and when to send for the physician.
 With such an administering angel at the bedside, you could feel at ease, regardless of the result, knowing that the very best skill had been rendered in the case.
 Until recently, the busy world has been absorbed in commercial revolu- tions, but today it is generally accept ed that the proper study for mankind is man, hence We find large number of intelligent persons anxious to know how best to live, how to prolong life, how to nurse various disease and thereby reduce the large death rate.
 The fingers of the trained pianist are used to the keyboard of the piano, scales, when a note is out of harmony and how to change a key to one higher or lower as may be desired, and We praise her for her skill.
 The trained or skilled sculptor sees with his minds eye his ideal statue ere he makes the first stroke with his chisel and often endeavors to have you see it as he views it in all of its loveliness Tho he fails in this at tempt, he works away stroke after stroke until finally you are able to sec some trace of human form. face eyes. hands and all parts to perfection
 Sc does the trained nurse view man kind continually with her minds eye So vivid is her conception of d child d man or woman in perfect health that by a glance into the face, she is often able to determine if the vital parts are in normal state and relation tc each other. She is often enabled tc tell the parts weakened causing the disorder or decay of other parts. Hel heart goes out in sympathy with the patient and she begins with the phy sician's orders to chisel away, to elim mate the injured or decayed parts anC 10 aid in building or adding strength muscle and symmetry to the emaciat ed
 The skilled machnist or ensinee knows that after certarn amount Q regular activity, the machinery is lia ble to become disordered, hence il order to be prepared for the emel eency and capable of detecting tn guessing and tightening up screw where they are alright, he learns firS to know when the machinery is il proper condition and the various part are performing their specific function without friction, what to expect shoul a valve need adjusting, and then wha to do should a lever need to be short ened or heightened With each sepal ate disorder a specific alteration i necessary. @*sXax
 So it is with the trained nurse Sh knows that the human organism whic
 is Gods masterpiece of mechanism, i subject to injuries and serious disol ders. So she learns first to know Whel the various parts, such as the heart the lungs, the liver, the kidneys an, nerve centers are doing just thei proper function without friction. Sh knows what to expect with every de gree of fever and what to do unde these conditions. according to sciel tific and medical research
 The trained nurse knows that cel tain diseases are characterized b high fever and that certain complies tions are liable to follow. hence, sh