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HEALTH IN THE HOME
By Dr. E. U. STANG.
Public Health Department, Perth (W.A.)
CONVALESCENCE
It is important that a cheerful attitude be maintained, as convalescent patients are apt to feel very depressed, and this feeling reacts against them. This, however, does not mean that the sickroom should be noisy, with a large number of friends and relatives. On the contrary, friends should be admitted with caution, and should never be allowed to stay longer than from 15 to 20 minutes, and only two friends at the most on one day, because it cannot be stressed too strongly that a person recovering from an illness has but feeble strength, and noise and excitement as well as depression steal it away. Everything surrounding the patient should be restful, happy, and cheerful. All worries and irr
