[22]. The only difficulty is as to protecting the patient (a lying-in woman) during the transit in cold or wet weather; but perhaps some cover might be contrived for the bed or litter on which she is carried, which would be light, easily removable, and which could be exposed to the free action of the open air when not in use.
[23]. For a great part of the foregoing details of management I am indebted to the valuable experience of her, who, as then Superior of the nursing at King’s College Hospital, conducted our Training School for Midwifery Nurses there, so kindly, so wisely, and so well, that its necessary breaking up was the more to be deplored by all.
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