Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-01-27


From Il 18th year up 70 date I have
had to amy share OF nursing. In some
cases lave assumed IL and In others
II has b,n thrust upon me. In all this
time j I've learned many things and
nave kex my eyes open when trained
nurse hs been on the same case with
m. Ana want 20 say right here thst 1
have no yet reached the place where
I think know II all; but many times
IN my usual visits TO sick friends 1
have has my fingers tfngie in their de-
sire to / things
/ knoHthat many housekeepers nave
al theyca do TO keep things going
uhsr shr families are well. without
IL addl work that one SICK room
ewes. 1t let TIRE Kitchen moor go
slick" "a many other things be put on
for a ure convenient season. and let
your fra duty be 10 keep serene and
have thixs dainty in the sick room
whether. long illness or not. start with
q clean ed and floor. Have no more
nraperv the room than you can help
ana Let te window be so that air can
come in ON the top all the time You
know tn the impure air rises in a
room am the upper window VIII keep
things better.
II pa.ent must have even one meal
IN bed. en't put things on one plate
Ike sonk people set out food for a
tramp Bu have some little dishes,
saucers an how, and II you haven't a
waiter see If you can't find a strong
hat box ID and put cloth over 1t. See
that the b. drink is really hot, for luke
warm thAes nauseate. and don't wait
untl foo has been picked over at the
table II on serve the sick the same
that tine fusily will have. Wen people
ca wait inch better than sick ones can
hear the latter and perhaps smell the
dinner and keep serene
did notuox until recently that any
one would ave 20 he told TO lower her
voice In q ok room. or not TO jar the
bed Sick. ,eple have nerves out of
harmony wit. such things. whether they
realize il or not, and IL common sense
does not tell be family 10 keep as little
noise as posssIe some one should, and
= visitor VINO does not know enough
to keep quiet shhid be kept out. What
ever you do. o not whisper, just talk
In a we'll insulated voice
Now about bathing q patient The
main things isnot to scrub like she, or
he. has beer plowing.~ and not TO let
the patient ge chilled. II this is your
first experiene 1 would advise you to
have an extrasheet, or 8 cotton blanket
under the pzsent. have plain unscented
soap and watr as hot as you can bear
il, for you viii have the cloth dry
enough not D dampen or run on the
patients goEn- Don't try to cover too
much surfac at one time, nor be slow
about the 10. II alcohol is used. the
better way1 to pour 1t in the hand and
use the Dwnward motion entirely
whatever yDu do, don't try 20 heat al
cohcI as ia would water; It is too in
nammable; the best way is to put the
bottle In ht water. have cloth on the
bottom Of he vessel. or your bottle may
break
I nappeed in TO see a girl who was
unite sick and the whole family was
terribly upek over trying TO give her
dose cfrolg she declared that she could
not IKE l. ard I was convinced that
yssleyf had made her too nervous. TO re-
tan a7ytAaE Sol ses'zsd her u I. might
yes" ae sasd. If you promise not
to leave M greasy" said that would
promise NJ to leave her uncomfortable.
she lookeS incredulous. but consented
poured tn oil into q cup. heated II
lust q little, had my hands thoroughly
clean and warm and poured as much
as I couE comfortably manage in the
palrn Of rs right hand I rubbed IL over
her stomach and liver, using the rotary
motion. Icarried Il well down the sides,
but did rot ask her to change her po-
sition ant did not use any weight 10
the rubbing. Naturally that way takes
almost tw.se as much as 10 swallow II.
but knov that girl did better than II
she had zen made TO swallow IT,
went back every night for a week and
..uut her o sleep with a dose of cas-
tor oil. Liter ] got her to take u In
a cup. first put In a teaspOonful OF
vinegar. ten the oil, and covered the
ton OF IL oil with vinegar, and she
said IL wasn't bad dose, after all.
Lemon JUICE Is better. but one cannot
md leunoss In every home at all hours
and the unegar IL usually there
Once in long illness / had nothing
but liquid diet. and they varied IT, boiled
sweet mflx at a. m. raw egg at 10.
some sort q broth at D. m, chocolate
At s ID r.. and a pint Of hot water at 10
D. nc. The next day the routine would
be cse.zsd. thus I never knew what was
coming at a given time. and did not
grow as tired as would have done dur
ing the ne long weeks ] had 10 be
fed
I win ter you how the egg was fixed.
Hot water was poured over II. and u
was covered for three minutes, not cook
ed. understand. for the egg was whole
and in a covered bowl When broken
carefully in big spoon there was not
a speck of the egg more than heated.
3 pinch u salt was put on the unorok-
en- yoIk and 1 swallowed II down with
out tasting IL 1 can't stand raw egg
broken n q glass. nor 10 have the yolk
broken A good way TO give II 10
child Is 10 beat IL up in glass OF
milk, sxeeten and use a little orange
or lemon juice
This talk to you has been on my
mind all this year. but yesterday L
saw such gross ignorance displayed by a
mother that / forthwith made up my
mind to help some other IL could
Faithfully yours.
81 LIZZIE o. THOMAS.
wRs. JUSTICE HAS WORD
Dpsr Household. ! have come 10 give an
account az myself do thou likewise ! have