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Nurse's essay on hospital life
Hospital Life
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The majority of field hear the name of a hospi tal with hours,
and the usual smark made in regard to heep itals is that the
happens to be a wild one, and of it happens that you are able
learn may 4 spand the timate knowledge of one Occasionally
to sleep well, your dreams are sudely shattered by weld
day th king main well wonder what our large cities would do
shreshe or growns Generally it is the ones who are hurt the
that heap take But my few people outside of nurse and doctors
least that give vent to the airfullest yells, perhape for the
ta key nigh in 4. heap to learn the seal facts
reason that they have the most strength
The Justice patient for anyone else)have of th words
When you are allowed anything treat it is brought te you
with sout of their surraudi you Though
by amone of the other convelescent patients, perhaps one with
live
ant of pleasure to review the
fractured lone in the leg or perhaps one minus a by In the
eatness of the unifo used nurses
accident ward of a general hospital a person will see many quest
sand doctors
has been hospital for the first
sights and meet with all nationalities The dark faced tet
Time and smoking from the mansenting other, everything seems to
from southern Europe make the funniest busks One, where he
movelty the mes walking around with bandaged heads,
was questioned about his injuries remarked that he had two fingers
made the patients whiching back forth in share
off his left foot. another stuck out his tongue for the lady
the all discrimaged consible and only - receival
historian to examine when she asked him where he lived and the
and mention from the there don't with d
who came from the "Oll sod's suched frantically at a thermometer
a patient acquired the habit of questioning patients
that the nurse put in his mouth, and then gaine it up - disqual
it how hurt set DL course all this in in the sung
informed the nurse he could get nothing out of it some have
wilds where the patients are more cheerful than this in the
such a mania for tobacco that it is amusing to hear them say
medical words sometimes a patient - brought into the ward
how much they will smoke when they get out Eight clock is
the middle of the might, under the influence of other If he
the time marked for patients to be in bed and all lights out
name is supposed to talk after lights are out but of cause
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these rules are wrote ted often, for each one has something to
strict set of rules which is almost impossible for any
my before going to sleep Very likely some me will have a
lovely a fun loving girl to his up to still they are very
that atn the a daugh - the ward and brings the might
good in a way, masmuch as they compel them to keep good
wise to protec and investing te Birt the culprit is never found
hours otherwise they could hardly perform their duties
that are the and usually asked to do something
about once a week we have a visit from quiet looking
hey out change selling landages straightering ange or
authoric Listers FMERCY who concole with one and all de
stching the I'm such ways time is made less mannot
is frequent also to see friests and dergymen in the wards
once When any id the way they amuse the selves
The H. b. T. U. send some of their representatives at times to
reading (of when there is plenty) playing checkers, cards or
distribute a few flowers and verses of Scripture Take it on
copyry smoke the f agga medical words are not so
the whole hospital life is not so tamily monotonous, or
only minters sting ad the surgical wards, although after
not such a place of horror as most timid people imagine
while patient become accustoned to new cases being brought
If a person has much to suffer to be at home will never
- and think withing of when they hear of an amputation or
minimize it in fast to find releif quickly, he is letter in
drulle any g-t that they haven't any fity for them
the hospi tal, where if he needs something to subdue pain
but that luch the feeling of dread that persons generally have
the doctors are at hand and careful nurses to administer
when they hear One has every little idea of
which cannot be had without much expense at home
midist of it, have cincent their mm form
of suffering there only three who are the
To be sure there are grumblers everywhere and the hospital
is no exception When one has been "through the mill
He insurance we generally pleasant which is surpressing when
and suffered a good deal he would not forget it for life
and considine the long hours they have m duty and such little
has fuller enjoyment after pain has passed and the
actual not dor spreed busides being governed by very
knowledge of it is good for a man
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Nurse's essay on hospital life
A 4 page handwritten essay by a nurse in 1906 on what is was like to work in a hospital.