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the difference between the service of the mere hireling and that of love told . by When the _^ aatron I visited that the a large head public nurse hosp in each ital ward in Eng receive land , d I fifty was
which pounds they per could annum not , and always the secure others such twent characters y-five : notwithstanding as they had wished ,
and were often under the necessity of taking those who no experience and swear in ing their were calling not unknown nor fitness among for its them duties . , while This appeared intemperance less
astonishing when it was added that none of the nurses would ever i go to church or do anything but toil during the hours appointed the
for three While their I was watch old receiving , was and \ sleep wandering this during information about the remaining in , a the child ward between hours calling of ptwo in vain day and .
for its years mother , and weeping for her absence , while , no gentle voice rep Kaiserswerth lied to its call stood , no loving out in hand strong soothed contrast it in to its this sorrow , when . I
remembered what the deaconesses receive there . They are provided with board and lodging and also their upper dress ; all these are
every simple one , what seems would satisfied be considered where all are even on poor an equality in our ; country in addition , but
to this the only payment is from three to four pounds per annum to lthem with under clothing and small personal wants
suppy Or gifts from the Christmas tree . With this , small pecuniary acknowledgment of the services rendered , the pastor at Kaiserswerth ,
b propriet a y large the addition number and correctness , of and Christian they of are conduct princi tried ple prevails , and has skilled his among agents , and them selected the . utmost Indeed from
y this would is find very ' nothing inadequate to shrink language from to in use associating , the most with refined them woman , the warmed btheir
most devoted Christian would have her piety y examp Medical le and skill conversation is not wanting . as a competent non-resident
physician visits each ward daily . He , is then accompanied by the sister _from the laboratory , who takes down his prescriptions . A surgeon is
called in when an actual operation is to be performed , but with such trained and intelligent assistants as the deaconesses , nothing more
is needed , as they are quite able to assist at the operation and undertake the subsequent dressings . Many deaconesses who have
been trained in the parent institution are now in various hospitals in the large towns of Germany , where their services are much prized .
The applications made for others are more numerous than can be responded to , while many are sought for by private families in
times of severe illness . be added id I wi on sh to g admirable ive a full direction account of under Kaiserswerth which it , is much laced mig the ht p ,
wisdom of the subordinate arrangements and the ingenuity with which the different departments are made serviceable to each other ,
as when the lunatics enjoy a weekly treat on Sunday by the children
102 Institution Of Deaconesses At Kaiseb...
102 INSTITUTION OF DEACONESSES AT KAISEBSWEHTH .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1859, page 102, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041859/page/30/
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