The New Spirit . he floor and furniture with damp cloths. One of the most important things in caring for the sick, is the making of thebed. In making the bed, have the bottom sheet drawn tightly over the mattress, toprevent wrinkles. Then put a rubber sheet across the bed about the middle, and overthis have a double sheet. Use for covering, only a sheet, a light weight blanket, and aspread all of which can easily be laundered. The dishes used in this room should never be used elsewhere. In some cases itis necessary to have them disinfected before they are returned to the kitchen. If pos-sible,
The New Spirit . he floor and furniture with damp cloths. One of the most important things in caring for the sick, is the making of thebed. In making the bed, have the bottom sheet drawn tightly over the mattress, toprevent wrinkles. Then put a rubber sheet across the bed about the middle, and overthis have a double sheet. Use for covering, only a sheet, a light weight blanket, and aspread all of which can easily be laundered. The dishes used in this room should never be used elsewhere. In some cases itis necessary to have them disinfected before they are returned to the kitchen. If pos-sible, the meals should be prepared separately from the others. All sputum ought to be burned. Individual paper cups, made by the nurse, canbe used for this purpose and immediately thrown into the fire. In this way, there is nodanger cf spreading the disease. An equipment like this will add greatly to the efficacy of the medical treatmentand the care of the room and patient will be very much easier. RIVERS WOODWARD. 49. MAY H. YOUNG Holmes County ®lj*> ?|ealtl} fflljart THE concrete not the abstract makes an appealto the child; he likes pictures. For him theprinted page has more meaning and inter-est when illustrated. We all know with what keenzest the little boy reads the stories told through thepictures in the Funny Paper. Why not place be-fore him pictures that tell life stories of Health? If the child makes his own pictures, so muchthe better. He loves to draw, to color his drawings,to make things. And he also has a strong collectiveinstinct. The teacher can use for educative purposesthese native instincts, in having the child to makebooklets and charts. In planning a chart, getting information, collecting material,wording his story, executing and placing his drawings, the child exercises individualityand develops selfconfidence. Another pedagogical value is founded in the correlation ofschool work in hygiene, drawing, manual training, spelling, and english. j Making charts d
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