3181. The chamber should be ventilated at least once a day, or twice if it can be borne.
3182. The bed clothes should be carried out into the open air, if it is dry, if not, into the next room; and if the patient is unable to sit up meanwhile, let them be supplied by others.
3183. Keep the room quiet, and in perfect order.
3184. Let the sick be addressed in a gentle voice, and the conversation, if any is admitted, be pleasant and cheering.
3185. The nurse and friends should express sympathy with the sufferer, but at the same time seek to inspire courage, and patience to endure.