Never Give Nor Take An Excuse.

Go Into A Room Where The Shutters Are Always Shut (in A Sick-room Or A Bed-room There Should Never Be Shutters Shut), And Though The Room Be Uninhabited-though The Air Has Never Been Polluted By The Breathing Of Human Beings, You Will Observe A Close, Musty Smell Of Corrupt Air-of Air Unpurified By The Effect Of The Sun's Rays.

The Most Important Practical Lesson Than Can Be Given To Nurses Is To Teach Them What To Observe.

Hospitals Are Only An Intermediate Stage Of Civilization

I Never Lose An Opportunity Of Urging A Practical Beginning, However Small, For It Is Wonderful How Often In Such Matters The Mustard-seed Germinates And Roots Itself.

The Very Elements Of What Constitutes Good Nursing Are As Little Understood For The Well As For The Sick. The Same Laws Of Health, Or Of Nursing, For They Are In Reality The Same, Obtain Among The Well As Among The Sick.