The Otago Witness

Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 25 August 1909, Page 43

The Otago Witness

"HINTS ON HOME NURSING." ♦ PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS.

Burns Hall stage has portrayed several phases of life, but on August 8 a new de-

— Stuart, photo.

parturo was taken in that it figured as a miniature hospital. A hospital without its ghastly side— a hospital wherein the nurses were members of the Punedin Nursing Corps; the pttients clildrcn of the robust or .New Zealand type, -vith Dr Barnett as the presiding genius. This, so to speak,

— J. Permin, photo.

medical drama (with tne tragedy left out) was enacteu. to illustrate Che third health lecture being: "Hints on Home Nursing." by Miss Hooper, lady superintendent- of the Nursing Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade There were practical demonstrations of sheet-changing without dis-

turbing the patient, laterally for ailments, and longitudinally for fracture. A ros/cheeked litcie girl was, by a violent stretch of imagination, supposed to be suffering from rheumatism, and was rubbed in tLt> approved manner and swathed in bandages till she resembled a brand new inumruy.

Further demonstrations were given of mov- may b& attended It A child fell while ing, washing, and poulticing the patient, skipping One or the boys ran" to the The latter remedy was not actually &p- nearest house. The offending rope woven plied. To illustrate how not to do it, a between two poles made an excellent nurse dropped several knobs of coal by the stretcher, with coats for -pillows. Mean"siok" girl's bed-head. Another came in while the broken leg had been bandaged on tip-toe and nearly startled her to death with serviettes, and tine patient, lifted into

by a sudden appearance by the pillow. Then there were " the visivors," who, being Job's comforters, gave the patient the dismak, and bored her to distraction by being always in the order of going but not doing so A picnic scene showed how easily accidents happen, and how skilfully the victim

the extempore stretcher, was there secured with the hamper strap. A room ready for an accident rase was an easy transition. The proceedings were faultlessly carried Gut, and must have been the means of providing the largp number of ladies present with a considerable amount of instruction.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1909.

The nurses were Misses Purvis, Wylie, Witters, Stewart, Williams, Mills, Walker, and Oamie. A hearty vote of thanks wai aooorded to these, to the patients, and to Miss Hooper tor her lecture.

Mr H. Hamilton, of Milton, lost a trap

horse the other day through the ■- ; *"fll drinking a solution of Bheep dip oat of a bucket. Tho pony, which was a hand* reared animal, had developed a taate for anything drinkable out of a bucket. 11l its agony it fell over a bank and broke ite neck.

Who recently defeated Duncan, the amateur champion, after an excitingly close finish, winning by four points. Clements is quite a young man, being only 19 years of age. — Photo, by Tesla Studios.

— Muir and Mackinlay, photo. OTAGO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' PO «TER COMPETITION. — Acme, photo.