nces, these symptoms become more intense, there is headache,
thirst, a painful sense of tension, and acute darting pains in the ears.
The attack is generally brought on by exposure to cold, and lasts from five
to seven days, when it subsides naturally, or an abscess may form in
tonsils and burst, or the tonsils may remain enlarged, the inflammation
subsiding.

_Home Treatment._--The patient should remain in a warm room, the diet
chiefly milk and good broths, some cooling laxative and diaphoretic
medicine may be given; but the greatest relief will be found in the
frequent inhalation of the steam of hot water through an inhaler, or in the
old-fashioned way through the spout of a teapot.

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Sensible Rules for the Nurse.

"Remember to be extremely neat in dress; a few drops of hartshorn in the
water used for _daily_ bathing will remove the disagreeable odors of warmth
and perspiration.

"Never speak of the symptoms of your patient in his presence, unless
questioned by the doctor, whose orders you are always to obey _implicitly_.

"Remember never to be a gossip or tattler, and always to hold sacred the
knowledge which, to a certain extent, you must obtain of the private
affairs of your patient and the household in which you nurse.

"Never contradict your patient, nor argue with him, nor let him see that
you are annoyed about anything.

"Never _whisper_ in the sick room. If your patient be well enough, and
wishes you to talk to him, speak in a low, distinct voice, on cheerful
subjects. Don't relate painful hospital experiences, nor give details of
the maladies of former patients, and remember never to startle him with
accounts of dreadful crimes or accidents that you have read in the
newspapers.

"_Write_ down the orders that the physician gives you as to time for giving
the medicines, food, etc.

"Keep the room bright (unless the doctor orders it darkened).

"Let the air of the room be as pure as possible, and keep everything in
order, but without being fussy and bustling.

"The only way to remove dust in a sick room is to wipe everything with a
damp cloth.

"Remember to carry out all vessels covered. Empty and wash them
immediately, and keep some disinfectant in them.

"Remember that to leave the patient's untasted food by his side, from meal
to meal, in hopes that he will eat it in the interval, is simply to prevent
him from taking any food at all.

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