BACTERIOLOGY IN A NUTSHELL. 
Dress 
Sensibly. 
The Various 
Baths. 
tional.” This practice, if they but stop to think 
about it, must impress them as all wrong. We 
can never tell just where we may encounter a 
communicable disease, just as likely on the street 
cars as anywhere else. How dreadful to carry 
its germs back to some poor sufferer with al¬ 
ready enough to bear! Let our uniform then be 
sacred to the sick-room alone, but let us always 
wear it there. 
Have a street dress which is simply but taste¬ 
fully made and quickly donned. Wear hygienic 
waists, and skirts suspended from the shoulders 
rather than from the hips. Wear sensible-look¬ 
ing, neat hats. Nothing is much more un¬ 
professional than a nurse in a hat on the “flower 
garden” order, or who is adorned with neck 
chains, rings, “bangle” bracelets, and so forth, 
whose skirts sweep the streets and gather up 
dust and bacteria as they sweep. When it 
comes to exercising in garments that constrict 
the chest and abdominal muscles, it is quite out 
of the question. How can the abdominal or pel¬ 
vic organs remain healthy when thrown into 
unnatural positions by pressure of tight cor¬ 
sets, waist bands or dragging skirts? It is the 
nurse’s duty Jto dress so as to be healthy. Her 
work demands health. There is no room in the 
ranks for the nurse who (f enjoys poor health 
Let us all try to be healthy. 
The Bath. —Nothing is more conducive to 
good vigorous health than proper and systematic 
bathing. Few things are more restful to the 
tired nurse when she comes off duty than a good 
warm salt bath before retiring. A pint of sea salt, 
or common salt, to each two gallons of water 
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