6. Study all the peculiarities of your patients, and instead of opposing them by arguments or otherwise, humor them whenever they do not interfere with the physician’s orders or instructions. 7. In all cases keep everything that is used by the patient perfectly clean. 8. If the patient is not allowed to drink as much as she desires, give her the limited quantity instead of a full glass. If she is allowed to drain the glass she will probably be satisfied. 9. Do not allow flowers or plants to remain in the room over night, and always remove flowers from the sick chamber as soon as they become stale. 10. In all cases the patient should have baths so often that the skin is kept clean, and the pores are not stopped up. 11. Take care not to chill or fatigue a patient while bathing. A sponge bath can be given in bed, the bed being protected by an extra draw sheet. 12. The mouth should be often washed and the teeth brushed or wiped off with a soft cloth. 13. The hair should be combed at least once daily. The ladies’ hair is braided or twisted on top of the head so that she will not have to lie on a knot. 14. Do not light a sick room at night by means of a jet of gas burning low. 15. Preferably use sperm candles. 16. Do not have the temperature of the sick room much above 60°. 17. Do not allow offensive matters to remain; but in a case of emergency where these cannot be removed at once, you can wring a heavy cloth out of cold water and use as a cover, placing over this ordinary paper. 18. Do not neglect during the day to attend to necessaries for the night, that the rest of the patient and family be not disturbed. 19. To avoid making a noise by throwing coals on the fire, place it in paper bags and lay them on the fire. 20. Do not lean or sit upon the bed, if this is disagreeable to the patient. 21. Always remember that nothing which contributes to the welfare of those who require the nurse’s care, is too trivial to demand her attention. 22. The following may by some be called little matters, but attention to them will add materially to the well being of the sick: Refrain from constant enquiries of patients as to how they feel, for sick people are easily annoyed; anticipate the wants of your patient if possible; never tiptoe about the room; if the patient is very sick have the courage to tell the friends who call that the invalid cannot see friends, if able to see them their stay must not be prolonged; do not allow a patient to sit up in bed without covering the shoulders with some light wrap; support them properly with pillows, or a chair and pillows; when obliged to leave the room take something with you which is no longer needed, and bring back necessary articles, thus saving annoyance to the patient and labor to yourself.