DrHood's plain talks about the human system : the habits of men and women - the causes and prevention of disease - our sexual relations and social natures - embracing common sense medical . Fig. 16.—BED REST. Fig. 17.— LITERARY MACHINE. see a patient sitting up in bed with his body supported by any odd pillows whichcan be pressed into the service from couches, chairs, ottomans, and the like, andcovered in various coloured chintzes, worsted work, or other similar pillows are scarcely ever washed, and should not be employed for thepurpose of supporting an invalid in be
DrHood's plain talks about the human system : the habits of men and women - the causes and prevention of disease - our sexual relations and social natures - embracing common sense medical . Fig. 16.—BED REST. Fig. 17.— LITERARY MACHINE. see a patient sitting up in bed with his body supported by any odd pillows whichcan be pressed into the service from couches, chairs, ottomans, and the like, andcovered in various coloured chintzes, worsted work, or other similar pillows are scarcely ever washed, and should not be employed for thepurpose of supporting an invalid in bed before they have been properly providedwith suitable white covers. Bed-rests.—The ordinary bed-rests or back-rests, such as are shown in the 638 NURSING AND THE CARE OF THE SICK. annexed figures (see Figs. 14, 16), are a great convenience and comfort to invalids,as by their help they can be sustained at any angle in bed without feeling anyfatigue whatever. A very fair bed-rest may be extemporised by means of an ordinary light bed-room chair, which must be so placed that the back and rails shall be under thepatients back, while the front legs project over the end of the bed. Among jse m
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