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" If it is a whispered conversation in the same room, then it is absolutely cruel ; for it is impossible that the patient's attention should not be involuntarily strained to hear. Walking on tip-toe, doing anything in the room very slowly, are injurious,... "
Notes on Nursing: What it is, and What it is Not - Page 45
by Florence Nightingale - 1898 - 140 pages
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American Medical Gazette and Journal of Health, Volume 11, Part 1

Medicine - 1859 - 940 pages
...door." Whispering. — " If it is a whispered conversation in the same room, then it is absolutely cruel; for it is impossible that the patient's attention...involuntarily strained to hear. Walking on tip-toe, doing anything in the room very slowly, are injurious, for exactly the same reasons. A firm, light, quick...
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Heroes of Britain in peace and war, Volume 2; Volume 293

Edwin Hodder - 1878 - 380 pages
...of herself than are to be gained from any other source, as the two following illustrations show. " A firm, light, quick step, a steady, quick hand, are...slow, lingering, shuffling foot, the timid, uncertain hand. Slowness is not gentleness, though it is often mistaken for such. Quickness, lightness, and gentleness...
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Halsey's Homeopathic Guide: For Families, Travelers, Missionaries, Pioneers ...

Clinton S. Halsey, George E. Halsey - Homeopathic veterinary medicine - 1885 - 390 pages
...rickets, etc., among the children. QUIET. — Whispered conversation in the same room is absolutely cruel, for it is impossible that the patient's attention...involuntarily strained to hear. Walking on tiptoe, doing anything in the room very slowly, are injurious for exactly the same reasons. A firm, light, quick...
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The Eclectic family physician

John Milton Scudder - 1895 - 940 pages
...not 'worse for hours after. If it is a whispered conversation in the same room, then it is absolutely cruel ; for it is impossible that the patient's attention...involuntarily strained to hear. Walking on tip-toe, doing anything in the room very slowly, are injurious, for exactly the same reasons. A firm, light, quick...
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A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: The winter's tale. 1898

William Shakespeare - 1898 - 460 pages
...patient than much louder noises which are decided and undisguised ; ' walking on tip-toe, doing anything in the room very slowly, are injurious for exactly the same reasons.' ' These remarks,' adds Bucknill, ' which would appear as novel as they are excellent, have, however,...
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The Winter's Tale

William Shakespeare - 1898 - 456 pages
...patient than much louder noises which are decided and undisguised ; ' walking on tip-toe, doing anything in the room very slowly, are injurious for exactly the same reasons.' ' These remarks,' adds Bucknill, ' which would appear as novel as they are excellent, have, however,...
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The Journal of Mental Science, Volume 53

Electronic journals - 1907 - 970 pages
..." Walking on tiptoe, doing anything in the room very slowly, are injurious (ie, in the sick room). A firm, light, quick step, a steady, quick hand are...timid, uncertain touch. Slowness is not gentleness, thougli it is often mistaken for such ; quickness, lightness, and gentleness are quite compatible."...
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Notes on Nursing: What it Is, and what it is Not

Florence Nightingale - Medical - 1992 - 184 pages
...not worse for hours after. If it is a whispered conversation in the game room, then it is absolutely cruel ; for it is impossible that the patient's attention...same reasons. A firm light quick step, a steady quick band are the desiderata ; not the slow, lingering, shuffling foot, the timid, uncertain touch. Slowness...
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The Winter's Tale

William Shakespeare - 2001 - 448 pages
...patient than much louder noises which are decided and undisguised; ' walking on tip-toe, doing anything in the room very slowly, are injurious for exactly the same reasons.' ' These remarks,' adds Bucknill, ' which would appear as novel as they are excellent, have, however,...
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Florence Nightingale on Public Health Care: Collected Works of Florence ...

Florence Nightingale, Lynn McDonald - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 724 pages
...not worse for hours after. If it is a whispered conversation in the same room, then it is absolutely cruel, for it is impossible that the patient's attention...involuntarily strained to hear. Walking on tiptoe, doing anything in the room very slowly, are injurious, for exactly the same reasons. A firm light quick step,...
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