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day, and two a day are better. When a bandage 

 is removed, the skin should be washed and rubbed 

 with the hand and fingers, and the covering re- 

 placed as promptly as possible. 



Food and Drink. — During sickness only easily 

 digestible food should be provided. Offer some- 

 thing different from the ordinary, and let it be 

 prepared in an appetizing form. Nothing is better 

 than gruels and mashes. These are soft, nourish- 

 ing, appetizing, and easily digested. When active 

 nutrition is demanded, milk and eggs can be added 

 to the ordinary gruels or mashes. 



Water should be available at all times. Small 

 amounts at frequent intervals are better than large 

 amounts at intervals far apart. In a few instances 

 only is it best to withhold the water. In treating 

 dysentery, diarrhoea and diabetes water is usually 

 withheld, but in most diseases a free use is allow- 

 able and desirable. 



