The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-12

| the sick
Don't give an Invalid or little child
| fried food of any kind, 1t is hard TO
digest, and the digestive organs Of
both sick people and children are
| weak.
| Don't include pork in the invalid's |
| bill Of fare. A little crisp bacon or
bacon gravy may be allowed occa'
sioually.
Don't serve highly seasoned food.
| The sense of taste Is generally very |
| keen In sickness. and the natural sea-
soning OF food Is often enough, Be |
sides, spices may weaken by overstlm.
| alation the digestive glands. DO not |
Use pepper, mustard or vinegar and !
use salt sparingly.
Don't boil eggs for either invalids or
children Always cook them In water
which has not quite reached the boil
4 Ing point
Don't cook milk directly over the
fire; 1t is almost sure TO barn. Even
II 1t does not. milk should not be boil
ed for the same reason that an egg
should not. Boiling temperature makes
the albumen tough and lndisestibe
i Don't cook cream soups or boiled
custards directly over the fire, Use
double boiler TO keep the temperature
below boiling,
Don't serve insntliciently cooked &C.
reals Rice, oatneal aud cornstarch
should he cooked for long time over
hot water Rice requires about two
hours and oatmeal at least four hours
steam cooking.
Don't serve fried potatoes When
they are allowed they are much better
baked. because they are more quickly
. digested in that form.
Don't serve cheese and don't cook
butter too long. In making cream
soups add the butter just before sery-
: ing.
Nurses Care of Herself.
The woman who is acting as nurse
In her home IL very apt to neglect her
self ii may be hard for her To do 9TH
erwise. especially If there are other de-
mands on her time and strength But
. II the patient needs constant care then
: 1t Is almost imperative that the person
who is caring for him should be re.
lieved OF other duties and responsible
ties. His recovery demands this, for
the nurses mental and physical condi-
ton has often n marked effect OH the
: patient If the nurse Is tired out. has
been obliged TO do without sufficient
So ut, I.n ie.t NIT HIN.
= ly to be herself She will be nervous.
!, easily excited. perhaps irritable ana
utterly unfit 10 give her best effort to
her task
She should have regular hours fo-
sleep, when her rest will be unbroken
for at least seven hours out Of each
twenty-four. Then a short time should
| be allowed every day for outdoor exer'
else. Constantly breathing the mir OF
| even a well ventilated siekroom soon
| tells on even rnhust health. The nurss
| should have also good, nouriShing
| easily digested food ut regular hours
| When sickness comes into the family
such matters as guarding the health
of the nurse and keeping the other
| members Of the household In good
health are often overlooked. and sin
| gle case of illness very often becomes
/ two or three JUST because OF this neg
/ lect. Everything should be done tt
4 hasten the recovery of the patient al
i we'll as preserve the good health of thu
4 rest of the family
n fnrf1 hi
4 clothing-a washable dress and broat
\ soled shoes-and II the disease Is at al
\ infectious she should be careful t.
i wash her hands each time she touche
4 the patient. Professional nurses lear
4 very early in their training the impor
Il lance of disinfectlng and using ever
! precaution TO prevent further develop
meut Of the disease germs but the IN
experienced sometimes find II hard I
realize how very powerful aud insid
-ic Gus are these minute germs,
1t Is not at all necessary for III
Us home nurse TO be versed IN drugs an
Ike medicines. nor Should She be require
he TO nut on complicated handagps. pre-
ed pare dressings or administer trea
Cd ments which require professional SKI
en- aud experience An such matters wi
a be undertaken by the physicinn whe
ry n trained nurse Is not employed. Bt
he the woman who knows how TO put Q
in simple bandage how to stop an o
he binary attack Of nosehteeding. whi
Tor to do when some one falnts and ais
It's IS familiar with simple remedies X
tn, simple ailments will always find II
ar knowledge useful. In fact. II Is pa
he Of the all round woinans education
re- know these things and be able to a
Old NV them In common sense way.
ar The Core Of Little Children.
'ay No woman should consider her ed
ne cation complete until she has an
NE telIigent knowledge regarding me ca
ng, OF little children When we cdusld
lin that the material out Of which eith
do heroes or invalids are made IS toul
0ed In the nursery it behooves every "
,es man to see to 1t that either by her p'
I'M sonal effort or by her influence sne
ich doing her part to have the future *
the Grafton composed Of strong men a
be- women, capable OF being heroes. a