BACTERIOLOGY IN A NUTSHELL. 



frequently from side to side unless the 

 physician in charge instructs you otherwise. 

 This will not only be a comfort to the sick one, 

 but will in conjunction with the warm cleansing 

 bath and alcohol rub, which should be fre- 

 quently repeated, aid in the prevention of bed 

 sores, the occurrence of which in almost all 

 cases is due to lack of care and watchfulness 

 on the part of the nurse. Turn your patient's 

 pillows often and shake them up thoroughly be- 

 fore replacing them under the head. If the physi- 

 cian orders ice caps on the head and abdomen. 

 Ice Caps. see that they are kept filled with ice and noi 



with hot water. To allow the ice to melt and 

 become hot water does more harm than good. 

 When the physician says "ice caps" he means 

 ice caps and not hot water bottles. Do noi 

 forget to keep the finger-nails clean and the 

 hair neat, if the physician does not order the 

 hair clipped. 



The care and watchfulness necessary in 

 nursing typhoid fever holds good in nursing all 

 germ diseases. It will therefore be unneces- 

 sary to speak of these at length when dealing 

 with other communicable diseases. 



A Blood Test. If there is reasonable doubl 

 as to the disease from which a patient is suffer- 

 ing being typhoid fever, a test discovered by 

 Widal, of the University of Koenigsberg, ig 

 sometimes resorted to. 

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