To be taught how to act in emergencies, viz.: in cases of Fainting—Hysterics—Convulsions of Children—Burns—Stings of Insects—Wounds, &c.; and the simplest mode of treating the diseases most commonly met with in India, viz.:
- External Inflammation,
- Cholera,
- Fever,
- Dysentery,
- Sore Eyes,
- Bowel Complaints,
- Cutaneous Eruptions.
How to prepare Poultices, Fomentations, and Lotions.
How to dress Wounds, Sores, and Blisters.
How to apply Bandages.
Footnotes:
- [21] If the sisters and nurses, as a rule, were fed as well as lodged at all the Hospitals, &c., the class of women would, in a very short time, be entirely changed; this kind of employment would not then, with the reduced money payment, be so much an object of desire to widows with families, particularly if compelled to subscribe to a pension fund, which should be compulsory.
- [22] At first it would be unwise to attempt too much. If extended to Her Majesty’s dominions or private nurses, it would be almost impossible to control abuses.
- [23] Every institution ought to provide for its nurses during illness, but in fact it is not done.
- [24] A curious fact will be shown by Table A, viz., that 18,122 out of 39,139, or nearly one-half of all the Nurses, in domestic service, are between 5 and 20 years of age.