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chair it should be for the use of the sick person only. 
Seeing and hearing other people rock may be very dis- 
turbing. 
If carpets are movable, so much the better, as they can 
be taken out to be cleaned. 
The room should be bright and attractive. Sick people 
like flowers and pretty things, but the flowers should not 
have a strong perfume, and there should not be too 
many ornaments around to collect dust and to take up 
too much room. Flowers should be taken out of the 
room every night and the water changed before returned 
to the room in the morning. Never have faded flowers 
around. 
The room should be kept neat — a place for everything 
and everything in its place. 
Neatness and attractiveness are not only pleasing to 
the sick person and those who come into the room but 
may really make the sick person feel better. 
Medicines should not be kept in sight. All dishes and 
utensils not in use should be taken away and should be 
washed immediately after use. 
Ventilating and Lighting the Room 
The room of a sick person should be so situated that 
it will get plenty of sunlight and be easily aired. A room 
that has two or more windows can be better ventilated 
than a room with only one. When there is only one win- 
dow, it should be opened both top and bottom. If there 
is not a screen, one can be made by hanging a shawl or 
a blanket over a clothes horse or a high-backed chair, or 
over a line stretched across the lower part of the window. 
A fire place or a stove keeps the air circulating — the air 
being constantly drawn up the chimney — and so helps in 
ventilating a room. 
When “airing” the room great care must be taken to 
keep the sick person free from draughts. 
