A manual of nursing : medical and surgical / by Charles J. Cullingworth.

Date:
1883
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Credit: A manual of nursing : medical and surgical / by Charles J. Cullingworth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    advantage be nailed along* the upper and lower edges of the bar of wood, so as to secure accuracy of fit and noiselessness. A somewhat similar diffusion of the in-coming* current is brought about by fixing a screen of wood or of ornamental or plate-glass eight to twelve inches deep, across the bottom of the window inside the room. The lower sash being raised three or fo.ur inches, fresh air is admitted at the bottom of the window as well as at the middle ; the current in each case is directed upwards, at the bottom of the window by the screen, and at the middle by the overlapping lower sash. Lastly, should none of these means of ventilation be available, the air of the room may be set in motion by shaking a small clean sheet or table-cloth several times in the centre of the room. Under such circum- stances a nurse should be specially on the alert, in the event of the patient leaving the room, even for a few minutes, to take the opportunity of freshening* the air by opening the window and turning* the bed-clothes well down over the foot of the bed during the patient's absence. Temperature.—Every sick-room should be pro- vided with a thermometer, which should stand upon the dressing-table or be hung against the wall. Un- less special orders are given, the temperature should be kept at from 60° to 62° Fahr. In many instances of chest and throat disease, and after certain opera- tions, a higher temperature is necessary j the medical attendant will, in all such cases, give directions at what height the temperature is to be maintained. Two points in reference to this question of the tem- perature of the room are of great importance, namely, B 2