New Britain herald., 1926-09-13

| -iOItIh1S lSH BFIN
 Editor Journal of the American
 Medlcal Association and of
 f1Esela the Health Magazine
 A trained nurse or hospital or.
 derly can change the bedding among
 which an invalid reclines without
 making the patient swear mora tban
 live or six times As the process ,s
 usually carried out at home, both
 the invalid and the housewife are
 completely exhausted at the end of
 the task,
 The matter is, after all q relative-
 ly simple one. First one loosen. all, Of the bedding by pulling out the | tucKed-in portions from beneath the l mattress, then all of the pillows are removed but one.
 The patient turns on his side 80 as to occupy only one-half the bed the blanket being kept over him to Keep him warm. Now the under. sheets are rolled from the side op- posite to the middle of the bed: the mattress is cleaned and the clean sheets placed on the edge of the bed ana unrolled to the center. until they almost meet the soiled sheets.
 Rolls Back
 Now the patient, still covered ,, with the blanket, rolls back over to the clean sheets; the soiled linen is then removed from the opposite side 1 and the clean sheet spread over the remainder of the bed. The ton sheet is smoothed and tucked in under the mattress and the blanket placed over 1t.
 The princess who was so sensitive that she could fell one pea through "A mattresses was no more delicate than the invalid who can feel q bread crumb under three sheets.
 The bed must be kept free from such irritating substances, each of -he sheets being carefully srnoothed each time the bed is changed. Pil- ows should be taken from the bed. covered and adjusted before they Ire returned.
 If the patient is to be bathed in oed, the following articles must be s ivallable: A waterproof pad be- :, ,eath the patient and two old 'lakets, one over the water-proo heet and another over the patient: lot water in a deep basin, an extra $ upply in a pitcher jar for waste. :. face towel, a bath towel, wash loths and talcum powder; if avail ,- ble, also a small amount of bath 1g alcohol. The temperature of the e ater should be about 105 degrees U arenheit U
 Keep Feet Warm
 It is sometimes advisable to keen III hot water bag at the feet of the II atient during the bathing process .,l prevent too great a fall in his ~, LII The room should be warm and ~, 'afts should be excluded. In hos III tals. 1t is customary first to sponge Id dry the face, washing the neck -, Id ears well with good lather of VI ap. Particular care should be talk pe that no water and soap remain y the ears.
 Now each arm is brought in turn ,,o CT the blanket, the hand placed in n Io e water, soaked and washed, and ., Q arms sponged carefully and VI on dried completely. The patients est and abdomen may be washed ., der the cover or exposed, de- n nding upon the physical condi- m.
 After the upper half of the body . o s been washed. it is well to pour ''N 'ay the water in the basin and to s,o place it with clean water from the cher. The lower limbs are then a, shed in turn in the same manner on, the arms, then the patient is t,;. ned on his side or abdomen. and back and hips are thoroughly sar shed. ~, This is the third of a series of sno lcles by Dr. Fishbein on "The oor tent at Home." The fourth will vi, Temperature Pulse and Res |. ation."