AS SEEN THROUGH WOMAN'S EYES.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue XIX, 30 October 1897, Page 606

AS SEEN THROUGH WOMAN'S EYES.

THE SI« K In casets of infection* di*ea.*e. no mat ter how slight, pm everything that eonee* from the *iek r*'ocu into a **:4nEi*xi of •"Art*4ie or any drsinfeeiaiit yoiar nse*lival man rec*«miEM»es*i.* • if y*«ci ase rarbolie. *tn*iy the • tireecioo.-* carefnllv- or yoa may ■ hanee to &nd yoa have Eaa*le it so *w>.*ng that the disinfecting a?4nti-osfe* ne*?essary before going- amongst the rest of the hi Be-iL-.4>i are ah bat literally a <’«*th of are " To insiitre Mis-anfevti-sct- linen of ail kin*ls *l"*-<xk.i he hotbed, bent the r ’*>iling most he ctxnpdete- for at any -iegree shan boiling point the germ* of iref'ectbxi pveigfveiy Any linen. f«e*£--L**6he*. ete— that Are to go near x patient ma*t P>e tS-?«»?agfeiy aired. • »f -*t?a.r*e. yea say indignantly- ‘ Do yon think I woaM let any chm r ■•£%nip go near anyone ■*' N-x if vkhx knew it. I dare sav : bm may I ask. £io y;,-.<i to the m’ifvT. i. airing of each artieLe that fr*xn the Eana-iresi* *elf : and evest if yea did- a* yon probably even in sic-knes* try to adhere to she oM ■: rderiy rale «n asing year Linen Ln rotation. h>->w de yea knew that it may n*.x become —.L&ntp I wilt Ebot say. bat chilled in the Linen efoset '* a&-i even that ■‘-hili, which. I gram y<-.»n a person in heal'tb we©M never aright eaase a relapse to she invalid- The Linen need not —indec*L in zase* sheobi not.—be hoc ; do *e all know how gratefal in sickness is the c*>.4 fre*bnes* of dean *heets- etc.. Wt it mast n*>€ be 'eo&d. so a* to *trike a Thec. in giving rnedieine remenkier we ta*te m*:et «|oiekLy with the hpc : **> when any ompte.ksanfi fraught na* to - e given. keep it fr.-m the tip»* as mmdi a* p*_>s*Li''te. and wipe them at ©oie wish a 'try. *<-fc ln ease* where the Lspt* .are dry and r.-arehe*.L lightly moD*ten them with any permiseilee before a«imini*lering the d©»se. or in that dry scale they will A-’-*-*?rh the nhoc*mre. and coa*e*pneatly the taste »>f the me*ii*dne to a mo*c nnpfieasant degreeAm.xher thing very few womew *rid-den-’y :ia£ied on. to attend the *iek. really an*i that is- p*.Hiisr-es. The*e retieally. everyb»>fy know- how these are ma*ie. bat peacei«tally- if yoc watch the average wvcxaze who has perhaps in the dead of night to prwdn<?e one. yoa will soon discover how fir ’he j.>«rßey i- fr> ax theory so pr’At-siee. A oesk*f pxrlure ttH.tss pe»r.l—eta retake after a -»et. thoogti rery <tea th-A: a pretty pcfcppy rties—. Bat lia>ee*l pfXilctees' At the risk ef — -tiie « my permit me to give the meCL..*£ or Uxh. whiea: i Bearat. aLas " in the hauniest -eh»>H—t .At «rf experieaee. When ~a>Mealy called take aty t>£ace at a stek bed. I featu: my •e»incatts.xi' «ii>i a>x ineimie even the A HC. .« the fc»o'W"ie»lxre oeeeessry "*> a wemam vh*> is a wife and a a» -cher. Foe a iitte*e»£ pxtlsiee. -ee that the water is restliy Wiling: if poesibte. have it :-■■>• bes»ie y- «n wfeiiL~t y«® are xectinz the matersals reaxfy. -»•-.«-♦! »xtt the howl in which yo« are l» make it that it saay ie really bo«. then pat is r»x»e lirt-ee i meal. an«i a>i»l the water sraxfoally. -timni it .teaxiily ene way ali the time. m- re meal as it » repaired, to _-et it to the right eonsi*«e»-y. wisieix *4>wtM Nr jn-t Ei-rtshi eaoogh to -treaxi : a>i>i the meal little 'y little, -prir.k’rnjt it in with iianrf an>i -ctrrinx with tae ether. Have ready yoor elotb. speea>i the Eiaeee»i «jnieWy jttseh thick with a w.»ien or .fiver *p».K>a. if yea have BeX a rpotnla: .t-cinale it-’htiy a few •trope, ef oci over the -arfaee t«> prevent its -tsestina, roil the eiges of the carefnlir np in a item, ami apply it al once a pwaltiee «NxiM he pat on at otre-e. a- it •£• e> noC Near rewarmia#; aurain well: if jraaa have to keep it hot. wet it in a -»xip. plate, with aaeeber over it. over a «arK-epan ■•f iMclirus water I. Lay over tt a pteee of waterpo.-f ■« vpoesi.>piline. atei in this way y.ja ran keep a larre jewtltire in an»«i '<«ehuoa wut-wat ••> mneh ehan^mx—no

dighi advinugt wktea mecssaat peomrine ma*c he kejx «p. Needfess to *Ay. a sman jMMdtice will d*h keep so lung- If tfc* ponltfoe t* for a wonml. yen mw*l sot pat ihe an wuht.«ac tbe durturs leive. &s it is Apt to draw it. In general, when nt-£*card Lt» to be mixed with the limeed. it t> better to mix it dry with the ti3;*e»?d. and then xllwigelhcr with the w Ater, x* thi* avoi»is the partial *pplicaii».*Q which «*vi!ir* very *.<ten when it t* *prittkled at the lx*” »a the *arfore of the poaltiee : bat retnetui-er that, ii the effect i* to he Ba*we than a *'ighn iiwrai* of to the linseed, the m-xstard mn*l he sprinkled at the last, a* hot water take* away **ene cf the *cr*®glh of it. A welfent h.!*’Ea*ee*i ponltF-e *hoaM never *ciek. ?i*>r retire a mnditi letween it and "the *kin_ A mostard poahfoe. on the contrary. except in very rare -x*es. shoaki have a layer of rirnsHn. etc.. >«weea it and the *kxn_ Mr*t* the maw>n of the Lotion H*x4tai whose vafoatde ■ Levtones -*n Nnrdng ’ *h*w!M be as aseftil to every wootkan as they most have been to the to wh»m they were addressed'- reoxumeni-i* that a RLascarvi l«-attire should be spread on tissue paper. foP-fed co a sufficient consistency one layer •:«f the paper over it* sarfaee. a> it lees fess of the mnsfiard throagii shan_ the ti-Eix*?E3t- She a r **> vises- when mixing niißsCard with LLrt*ee-E for a jwxiltiee- <o mix the TeocEired quantity quite smoothly with the boiEng water, before in the Kasscnd nteaL Everyone who <-an do so sbcaM read these an*t study the valuable advice they contain, for very few wi. cart esent** having at some time or other to undertake the wiuties of a *iek nurse. az®*t a great number may haxe_ to f:»M-e these duties at a ■ tfecance pcofe*sional x*sisEan> e_ when until the «iort»>r sHges they Ei±ay have only their own know-Fe-ige an<i *eiß>e to idy on_ A medacal career is a |*.w?sibfifitir to comparatively very few. sick 3ursing will, at '.w peri*>L »>r other of her Life, fail to the *hare *.x nearly every w<>wael. But wiuere aniiiEeur* fail chiefly is in tittle matters. They *razmoc apparently realise * bow on crimes alt depeu-ls ’ in this Life. They are in such a terrible harry they foil utterly in the meth<->tieal. -iare of * skilrul traine»i nurse a '.rare I have *een exasperate rhe amatenr inconceivably- by the way _ They x*k yaa what you want—a huge in the eye* ex’ an invals»i generally : they are *o mxieas to be '.juic-k that they *?.<• the peultiee as they pxxt it oa. leaving % dirty, wet mark on the bed and. night •I*xb.es. neither of which may very Kkeiy be fezasged. They being up the beef tea aol forget the salt, and run to fetch it. the *t*ram and *nieH to rise in the patient's n<>t*tril*. till by the time they return he' loathes the fo>i s> necessary to him. They let the patieut up whilst hi* bed is befog made, and then -liseover suddenly the is n»x quite airesi. and off for as&->th«eT. leaving the door v<en. and ‘■•oasequentiy a •iraught- till their resura. But why multiply fostames-: it i* ungrateful. I know : hat if you have been v< xiredf ill. >»k back and think of the aggravating little modest.* you have vt. noticed, when M-ene devoted but n».X very experienced friend has v<rfonteeter? to take for a little while the place *x the reg_L.tr arteadant. * ri course, al? these stup-b-iitie* are *imply want of *ense in a way. Ijat on til. in swat fashhxi. you have undergone a tick-room training, yxz do uot reahse either bow important or how '.s:»mmr>n these foHie* are- The foec L*. there w*xifet n»x he a quarter the *iekness there i* bcsE for this same stupidity- —” La ' teiile.' Ln • The Queen-'