TOO MUCH ATTENTION by Christian Advocate

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 24, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 43.

TOO MUCH ATTENTION.

By Christian Advocate

ONE of the advantages of a trained nurse is that she knows not only what to do, but also what not to do. The point is illustrated by a story from a United States Hospital, where the women nurses were not always trained ones. A soldier was lying in his cot, and to him came a nurse. "What can I do for you?" she asked. "Nothing, thank you," was the reply. "Not anything?" persisted the woman persuasively. "I don't think so," murmured the wounded man. "At least," she said, mildly but firmly, "I can wash your face." She fetched the necessary materials and scoured the man's rueful countenance. "Now you will feel nice and clean," she said, when the operation was completed. "I ought to," said the soldier, with a faint smile: "You're the ninth lady who has washed my face this morning." —Christian Advocate.