[The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) by Marion Harland]@TWC D-Link bookThe Secret of a Happy Home (1896) CHAPTER XXX 6/12
If this cannot be done with safety, the sheets may be removed, and others adjusted, simply by moving the invalid from one side to the other of the bed, rolling up the soiled sheet closely to the body, and spreading on the clean one in its place.
Then the patient may be moved back to his original place, and the fresh sheet spread on the other side of the couch. Air the room often, covering the patient warmly for a moment while you let in a sluice of ozone.
Do not allow the chamber to become overheated, or to grow so cold as to chill the hands and face.
The sick person may wear over the shoulders a flannel "nightingale" or jacket, to leave the arms at liberty. In preparing the tray of food, let everything be as dainty as possible.
Use for this purpose your choicest china and whitest linen. One important rule with regard to food is, Give a very little at a time, and avoid vulgar abundance.
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