The Christian Nurse And Her Mission In The Sick Room

The Christian Nurse And Her Mission In The Sick Room

Author: Gautrelet, François-Xavier, 1807-1886

Year: 1860

PREFACE. This little work is translated by one of the Sisters of Saint Margaret's Home. Should it prove acceptable to those for whom it is designed, it may be followed by others of the same kind. The title of the original is : " Methode pour assister les Malades, et les disposer a la mort : a l'usage des personnes qui, par office on par circonstances, s'emploient au service des Malades. Par le Pere Gautrelet, de la Compagnie de Jesus. Bruxelles : Wageneer. 1851." I am responsible for the translation itself, and for the omission of some, and abbreviation of other, passages. These omissions and abridgements arise chieflly from a wish to be as brief as possible : and Father Gautrelet is here and there liable to the charge of unnecessary lengthiness and needless repetitions. The Prayers at the end, which in the original are solely from the Roman ritual, are here partly replaced by others, selected from the Parisian offices. The latter are perhaps more likely to be useful to those for whom they are intended. It is earnestly hoped that the reader, should he derive any benefit from this little book, will return it by offering a prayer for the Sisterhood, from which it comes ; its patients