Note 7 — Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and in War.

I would allow each Nurse 1½ pint of porter or ale per diem, or, instead of the half-pint of porter, 1 oz. of brandy or a wineglass-full of wine, as she likes best. Most Nurses crave, and rightly, for a luncheon about 9 or 10 A.M., and drink some beer then. I would let them take their own time as to when they drink their day’s allowance. But, while trying to suit each Nurse’s varying tastes (and in Hospital duty the taste does vary) each Nurse must keep to one thing, say for a week or month.