New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30
simple treatments Tha'
Supplement Natures
Healins Processes.
ev Martha McCulloch Williams.

..,.r q bill ought TO be more cheerfully
.,o, that Of the wise and faithful
l~ Yet TOO often, paying It Is a
,be lean purse feels keenly. This
80 &C., doctors are IN the main more than
s O,lb considerate. BY the very fact Of
considcration payment becomes the
.,ors imperative.
themselves will he the first to
-, ,ha, more than half the times they
caucd 4 little knowledge. care and
,..houebt would do away with the need
,o,, calling For instance. an anxious
,os mother wants 10 know II baby
.r,. has a fever. 4 clinical thermometer
ia tell her quickly and certainly-and
-, rnuch less than A single visit OF the
-.,6ic,I man Normal blood heat is aS de-
.C.-rise Of one degree means slight
= n two degrees fever well developed.
,.,.,bine above 10 indicates a condition Of
Ser temperature should not he al
80 n rise unless In" fever comes from
,.,,.,lo1 a. dirhtheris, meningitis, scar
-, f.yer measles. mumps or whooping
..,-n Colds slight or heavy, digestive Do
..-.rerts and 50 on result in teverish
.,ras water. put into fresh clean clothes,
80, and lose. and keep your patient I'm
=, ,s fresh as possible The sponsnS
,,sbt 10 reduce compartments soon as II
,,... assin repeat the sponge II there Is
,,..nt sore throat or wheeling in the
Ne, uAi vev soft folded cloth in cold
.,,.- and bind II on with soft dry ones.
=, np,ting any fabric next bshy's skin
49,. Z, first UPON your own eyeld. II -
,,,,s the eveud n will hurt the bahy-so
,,,nrs II instantly for something softer.
C,e.sec;5tb answers for binding on the
&c, things. h1t old lawn or sheer linen
-or, vtrv Thin should 20 next the skin.
Hssp the patients hands and feet warm,
and protect from draughts, but as YOU love
,o,,r little on. DO not let the room be
stGry
When ba ~ throws Up food which smells
,oyr and looks M colored dissolve a level
,sssroonful Of baking soda in 2 tumbler of
cold water and give 4 teasroonful If the
solution after each feeding Az soon az the
throwing VI ceases stop the soda water
which by tho way. Is excellent for adults
n cases Of windy indigestion. SO Is 2 pinch
~ nnAlv powdered charcoal. This should
ls ussd orl" Nv the groTn-ups--never take
liberties with the stomach Of = baby But
there are certain standard cld-fashioned
medicines any mother may safely administer
IN cases ~ simple colds diarrhosa, ear
s-hs leg ache and growing pains generally.
AZ the best governed people are those least
governed so the hast medicined are those
O.
Drugs ought - be given with 2 View 70
experimenting and stimulating nature
grr reou0eratlre processes. never with the
thought that they can take the place Of
those processes
For after ALL e Is r" nature We live or
de The utmost medicine can 40 Is 10
help. To- hold NJ her hands as It We're
, nc times IN ton nursing is mora than
medicine, and the essentials Of nursing are
- and simple To keep patient clean,
cSnforta hlo Contentel IN wholesome At.
woe0hore. not ~ torment with ministra-
tons nor 10 tsntslzo with neglect. is about
'h' SUM Of n Take care that bed clothes
a. not slip and DRAG. that sheets do not
wrinkle overmuCh. that "Sht does not fall
directly IN sick ewes. nor makes waver-
i~E hlurs within their range Of vision.
Such things count remember with
ihu5der 2 struggle NJ from erir-pnoumonia.
when th" room ! lsv m had on the wall
hIfsogs silt paper fun of figures that ny
fs"ersd e'ss made dance. coming down in
v,ld procession 70 weave about my couch.
: friend uursed through almost fatal
fines 80 the dav If ner death de
dared she owed her turn for the batter n
~ forethought IN shutting out a cross
lFht which, travelling slowly along row
- framed photos. gave them each in turn
'he sen1blanoe cf hideous caricature The
oarics lures had filled her with deadly fear
When she no longer s0n them her ca SEQ
mind went 10 the help Of her rscked body.
Her illness vae ~ an obscure type The
Doctor said he had record Of only thirty
three cases, and thirty-tvo had ended
f'slly When our patient was safe, he
s6 nursing had made hor so-hy bring
Ing her. after hard fight. into a state
Where medicine could avail
This T.. how over a aggression II II helps
impress my point that there IS nothing
o'cnlt I'm nursing il viii have been worth
While Courage, clear head. sympathy
ed def hands are better than all the
rsining # all the schools, II these things
are absent. Nurses, like poets and cooks.
&c porn. and need 2 deal of making after