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COMFORTS IN BED

During Convalescence

' Convalescence, that period when all who have been ill feel that they need a little extra attention and that they want all sorts of comforts around them, should be made as attractive as is possible to the patients. Above all patients should have as many comforts as can be provided while they are iu bed.

The electric pad is a marvellous addition to the land of counterpane with its capacity for remaining hot and for being turned off when not needed. Further, the wedge-shaped pillow with springs is a help for sitting up in bed. Rubber pillows are now on the market, which work almost as well. In any case, for people sitting up in bed three pillows are necessary; the first large and rather hard, next a softer pillow which is slightly smaller, and thirdly a down pillow which lends itself to filling up the gaps. For sitting up in bed a ring cushion is also frequently comfortable, especially for those who have been there a long time. The great point about it is that it should not be blown up too tightly. The ideal bed-jacket has perhaps yet to be made. Some of the most comfortable are the high-necked knitted jackets. They can 'be made in twoply wool, knitted loosely, and then used double —that is to say, one jacket is lined with another.

Bed-jackets of unyielding material like crepe-de-chine should never be made with set-in sleeves. The shoulders need to remain entirely loose, and the kimono shape is the best for this. Also, they should never be trimmed with swausdown. which pricks in bed —a fact that might be remembered with regard to babies, who long suffered under this decoration. Where it can be put on easily a white sweater is as good as anything in bed, topped with a loose wool wrap. Where patients suffer from cold feet, socks or stockings may be made on the same lines Us the double bedjacket. A tube may be knitted with big needles and two-ply wool and sewn up at one end, which is slightly shaped. Another tube pulled over this makes a warm mixture. For bed for any length of time a house-wife is a boon which contains in different compartments comb, powder, nail-scissors, ordinary sewing materials, pen, writing-block, stamps—all those things, in fact, which it is so tiresome to be without and yet for which one hesitates continually to ask.

Spirit of Camphor. Spirit of camphor serves a number of useful purposes in the home. Hotplate marks on polished tables will come away immediately if rubbed with a little on a soft cloth. This method is quicker and more effective than linseed oil, as only one application is necessary. Spirit of camphor will remove fly-marks and all stubborn stains from window glass and car windscreens. Mirrors which are stained with brllliantiuo or lotion will quickly become clean again If wiped over with a cloth damped in spirit of camphor. A little of the spirit on a pad of cotton wool will remove grease-spots from leather-bound books.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19350125.2.24.5

Bibliographic details
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 103, 25 January 1935, Page 5

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514

COMFORTS IN BED Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 103, 25 January 1935, Page 5

COMFORTS IN BED Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 103, 25 January 1935, Page 5

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