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Title: Hospital housekeeping /
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Aikens, Charlotte A. (Charlotte Albina), 1868-
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Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : Del T. Sutton, 1910.
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
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ally important that the patients mind be free fromdisturbance or intrusion of any kind. Complaints arefrequently made, of large hospitals especially, that boxesof flowers sent to patients have been thrown carelesslyinto a parcel room, and not delivered at all, or deliveredafter their beauty and fragrance had gone. If the personat the door is careless about matters of that kind, he willbe just as likely to be careless about more serious things.A temporary substitute at the door should always bearranged for when the porter is obliged to be absent, evenfor a few minutes. In all apartments intended for the use of patientssome degree of uniformity should be observed in the fur- 22 HOSPITAL HOUSEKEEPING nishings, though this may easily be carried to extremes. These rooms vary in size and price, but the essentials for _ all are the same. The chief thought should be to have the furnishings suit-able, sensible and restful. Dainty white enameled furniture for hospital rooms is rapidly replacing
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Combination Dresser and Washstand that of darker hue and adds greatly to the attractivenessof the hospital. For the average room a combination HOSPITAL HOUSEKEEPING 23 dresser and washstand is preferable to cumbering theroom with two separate pieces of furniture. These havethe essential features of the dresser, in that they providea mirror and drawers, and of the washstand by having atowel rack and cupboard. In any case, small dressers arepreferable to large ones. Every private room should haveits own wash bowl and pitcher, soap dish, mug. receptaclefor toilet brush, water bottle and drinking glass. Thebed should be placed so that the nurse can have accessto it on three sides. The woven-wire springs should bewarranted not to sag in the middle. Blankets, on account of the frequent washings, shouldnot be all wool, nor too heavy. For warmth it is betterto depend on light blankets than on any form of com-forter. Rugs may be as bright and handsome as the hospitalcan purchase. The cheap woohospitalhousekee00aike

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