12/13 Let her room be shaded and kept quiet. Sleep is one of nature's great restorers." "Will you make no prescription, Doctor ?" the mother asked. I trust that nature, as the pressure is removed, will work all right again." "You will call in again to-day." "Yes; towards evening I will see your daughter, when I hope to find her improved in every way." I spoke with a cheerfulness of manner that did not altogether express my feelings in the case; for, there were some indications, not yet clear enough for a diagnosis, that awakened slight concern. As I did not wish to go wrong in my first prescription, I deemed it better to wait a few hours, and see how nature would succeed in her efforts to repel the enemy. |