There is more than a hint of the temptations that may assail the nurse at her post. "Sobriety," writes the authoress, is an imperious duty in a nurse; as the least propensity to indulge in taking strong liquors, or meddling with wine or brandy which may be in the room for the use of the sick, is a disposition so nighly disreputable that no one who wishes to retain a Eood character will ever be found in these practices. Even wishing for an undue quantity of porter renders her very unfit for her office as it must dispose to heaviness at a time, possibly, that her vigilance and activity are peculiarly required. Taking snuff is inadmissible and should never be practised or allowed.
As for hours of work, the authoress dismisses the matter by saying that the nurse should have times to be relieved in order to enable her to watch Vigilantly, at might. She should be allowed "to breathe the fresh air m ihe morning for a few minuieg also men ner for, changi, "her She should take rest {n the asy Chair when. opportunity offers, and should, if necessary, wear worsted loves in ihe "night, a "it very ims him with cold Bands. s a patent
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