The Nurse's Calling: Practical Hints to Graduate Nurses in the Early 1900's

A treasury of advice tips for the Edwardian nurse including: - Unless you know your male patient very well, do not attempt to read him aloud the stock market levels from a newspaper, for it is well nigh impossible for a woman to read them so that a man will understand her. - Never go about a sick room with a long face; it is enough for the sick one to have to be sick; you are there to be a help and a comfort, not an added anxiety. - The servants require pretty careful handling. Above all things, keep on the right side of the cook.