Excerpt from The Public Health Nurse, Vol. 13: February, 1921 When they reached home, the nurse climbed the three flights, just to carry Issy, she said, but in reality to continue that interesting conversa tion. Only now she did the talking while Sara listened, and the things which the nurse told her were simple but very wise - almost warranted to cure. She must see a doctor very soon, 'the maternity clinic would be a good place if she was ir1__doubt. A sponge bath every night was a wise thing, and certainly her bowels must move once every day. She should lie down during the day, and go to bed early at night. It would be well to eat no meat, fish, or fowl, but to drink plenty of water every day six to eight, even ten glasses would be advisable - and choose also vege tables, fruit, milk and cereals. As to clothing, it should be comfortable, with no tight bands. The nurse then gave the mother a little pamphlet called Advice to Mothers, and one telling how to call the nurse, both written in Sara's own language. Casually she spoke of clothing for the baby again, this time producing'a simple baby-clothes pattern, and talk ing about prices and amounts of goods necessary. Then she took 'the tem perature, pulse, and respiration, and did a very simple but sure urinalysis, finding, as she had feared, a marked amount of albumen. This condition she explained carefully to the mother, telling her in addition, that if she would follow the instructions just given she would get better, without doubt, but that she must be faithful. Lastly and again, she advised seeing the doctor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.