Excerpt from The Nurse, or Hints on the Care of the Sick: Including Mothers and Infants, and a Digest of Domestic MedicineThe author not long since was sought for, by the husband of a lady in labor, but, professional duty having called him away from his office, he was not readily found. In the abscence of the husband the nurse, in whose charge he had left his wife, became needlessly frightened, and ¿ed for help, leaving the patient to suffer the pangs of maternity alone. Upon the husband's return, accompanied by myself she was found to be a mother, with nobody at hand to render her assistance. How much encouragement and comfort the poor woman would have realized from a calm, firm companion! This incident pointedly illustrates the absolute necessity of assurance as a qualification for a successful nurse. She, then, should have age to give her that assurance, and yet not be so Old as to make her unable to render prompt assistance. She must possess the quick eye to see, and to anticipate wants. If the patient is obliged to ask for everything he wishes, he will soon loose confidence in his nurse, and feel indis posed to trust her in anything.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.