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The Account He Gives Of Nurses Beats Everything That Even I Know Of. This Young Prophet Says That They Are All Drunkards, Without Exception, Sisters And All, And That There Are But Two Whom The Surgeon Can Trust To Give The Patients Their Medicines.

The Symptoms Or The Sufferings Generally Considered To Be Inevitable And Incident To The Disease Are Very Often Not Symptoms Of The Disease At All, But Of Something Quite Different-of The Want Of Fresh Air, Or Of Light, Or Of Warmth, Or Of Quiet, Or Of Cleanliness, Or Of Punctuality And Care In The Administration Of Diet, Of Each Or Of All Of These.

A Human Being Does Not Cease To Exist At Death. It Is Change, Not Destruction, Which Takes Place.

It Is The Unqualified Result Of All My Experience With The Sick That, Second Only To Their Need Of Fresh Air, Is Their Need Of Light; That, After A Close Room, What Hurts Them Most Is A Dark Room And That It Is Not Only Light But Direct Sunlight They Want.

Nature Alone Cures. ... What Nursing Has To Do ... Is To Put The Patient In The Best Condition For Nature To Act Upon Him.