ks of the nurse to the patient should be
tranquil and encouraging. The illness of a friend, or persons who have
recently died, should not be alluded to in the sick-room. No doubts or
fears of the patient's recovery, either by a look or by a word, should
be communicated by the nurse in the chamber of the sick. When such
information is necessary to be communicated, it is the duty of the
physician to impart it to the sick person.

1020. The nurse should not confine herself to the sick-room more than
six hours at a time. She should eat her food regularly, sleep at
regular periods, and take exercise daily in the open air. To do this,
let her quietly leave the room when the patient is sleeping. A
watcher, or temporary nurse, may supply her place. There is but little
danger of contracting disease, if the nurse attends to the simple laws
of health, and remains not more than six hours at a time in the
sick-room.

DIRECTIONS FOR WATCHERS.

1021. These necessary assistants, like the nurse, should have
knowledge and practice. They should ever be cheerful, kind, firm, and
attentive in the presence of the patient.

1022. A simple, nutritious supper should be eaten before entering the
sick-room; and it is well, during the night, to take some plain food.

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1019. What should be the deportment of the nurse toward the patient?
Should doubts and fears of the patient's recovery be communicated in
the sick-room? When necessary to impart such intelligence, on whom
does it depend? 1020. How long should a nurse remain in the
sick-chamber at a time? 1021. What qualifications are necessary in a
watcher? 1022. What directions in regard to the food of the watcher?

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1023. When watching in cold weather, a person should be warmly
dressed, and furnished with an extra garment, as a cloak or shawl,
because the system becomes exhausted toward morning, and less heat is
generated in the body.

1024. Light-colored clothing should be worn by those who have care of
the sick, in preference to dark-colored apparel; particularly if the
disease is of a contagious character. Experiments have shown, that
black and other dark colors will absorb more readily the subtile
effluvia that emanate from sick persons, than white or light colors.

1025. Whatever may be wanted during the night, should be brought into
the sick-chamber, or the adjoining room, before the family retires for
sleep, in order that t