for the repose of his soul, or left
to any other heir, the same consideration and account must be observed.
3. In order that this be observed with rigor and care, a book of
accounts shall be kept, wherein shall be entered, by day and hour, the
names of the sick who are received, and the exit of those who leave
or die, since all the wealth of the hospital consists in allowances
and income.
4. Likewise, in order that there may be greater neatness and order,
there shall be a numbered wardrobe, in which shall be kept the clothes
of the hospital, and the clean and reserve clothes, respectively--the
blankets being kept in one place, the sheets and the other white
clothes in another, and the bandages to be used for wounds and sores
in another. Great care must be taken in this division; and it is
very advisable to keep the clothes and garments of those sick with
contagious diseases in a place by themselves. Likewise the clothes
and garments of those who enter shall be washed and laid aside with
memoranda as to the owner of each garment, so that if he recover,
it may be returned to him clean and neat; or if he should die and it
must be sold, either for the repose of his soul or for the hospital,
that it may be in good order and condition.
5. _Item_: There shall be two porters who shall serve by the week. They
shall take oath not to allow anything to be given to any sick person,
except by permission of the doctor. The hospital door shall be locked
at seven at night, without fail, and cannot be opened.
6. _Item_: There shall be an apothecary shop inside the said hospital,
so that medicines can be furnished to the sick more easily and at less
cost; and the apothecary shall not give or hand out any medicines
except by order of the physician, either on his own account or that
of the said hospital.
7. _Item_: The head chaplain or another (his substitute) shall
always sleep in the hospital, in order to administer the sacraments
to the sick.
8. _Item_: The nurse shall have two deputies for service, so that watch
may be kept in turn through the quarters of the night, and attention
given to the service and sudden needs of the sick. For this purpose it
is ordered that the chaplain, as above stated, and the nurse, steward,
apothecary, and all the servants, shall always sleep in the hospital.
9. _Item_: No person connected with the hospital shall keep swine or
have other means of gain in the hospital.
10. _Item_: A book sha
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