The nurse's guide : containing a series of instructions to females who wish to engage in the important business of nursing mother and child in the lying-in chamber / by J. Warrington.

  • Warrington, Joseph, -1888.
Date:
1839
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Credit: The nurse's guide : containing a series of instructions to females who wish to engage in the important business of nursing mother and child in the lying-in chamber / by J. Warrington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    each one hand under the neck and back part of the patient's head, and the other under the hollow of her back, while a third attends to the lower part of her person. When thus sta- tioned, they should act together at a signal given by the person at the lower limbs, and thus move her up to her destined situation. Her linen can be drawn down smoothly by the nurse, or a fourth person, as she is raised up by the other assistants. All this can be done without either exposing the person of the patient, or requiring any effort on her part. It should be impressively remembered, that the patient has passed through a period of more or less suffering and hazard, and that she is still in a highly critical situation. Fe- males, who have been comparatively easily delivered and have felt themselves well, in- stantly after it, have risen up in bed to assist themselves, or for some other purpose, and have fainted away and died. Hence the ne- cessity of cautioning the patient against the slightest exertion, even to the pinning of the bandage, or the fastening of her cap. The adjustment of her position and clothing must