ny one
is found intoxicated with Liquor, that she is immediately to be sent
to the Guard, and afterwards discharged.

4. They are not to absent themselves from their Wards, unless when
employed in the Discharge of their Duty; nor to go out of the Hospital
to which they belong, without having a Ticket of Leave signed by the
Physician, Surgeon, Apothecary, or Head Nurse, belonging to the
Hospital.

5. They are not to throw Nastiness of any Kind out at the Windows, but
to carry it to the common Necessaries, and to empty the Chamber Pots
and Close-stools as soon as used, and be careful to wash them before
they bring them back.

6. They are not, upon any Pretence whatever, to alter the Diet ordered
by the Physicians or Surgeons to the Patients on the Diet Boards; nor
to suffer their Patients to use any other Diet than what is allowed by
the Hospital; nor are they to bring, or allow others to bring, Meat,
spirituous Liquors, or other Things of that Kind, into their Wards,
except what is allowed by the Physicians or Surgeons. Whenever any
Thing of this Kind is found in any of the Wards, it ought immediately
to be thrown into the common Necessary; and if it be found in the
Custody of a Nurse, she ought to be confined in the Guard, or
discharged.

7. Nurses guilty of great Neglect of Duty, or of getting drunk and
using their Patients ill, or of stealing, or concealing or taking away
the Effects of Men who die in the Hospital, are to be immediately sent
to the Guard, and reported to the Commanding Officer of the Place,
that they may be tried by a Court-Martial, and be confined, whipped,
or otherwise punished, as the military Law directs; all Followers of
Armies on foreign Service being equally subject to the military Law as
the Soldiers themselves.

_Patients._

1. All sick Soldiers, on their Arrival at a Military Hospital, are to
be washed all over with warm Water, or to go into a warm Bath; and
afterwards to wash their Face and Hands every Morning, and their Feet
occasionally, with warm Water and Soap, brought round every Morning by
the Nurses for that Purpose; and they ought to comb their Head every
Day. If they be too weak to wash and comb themselves, it is to be done
by their Nurses.

2. Every Patient is to be shaved and have clean Linen twice a Week, or
oftener if requisite.

3. They are punctually to obey the Directions given them, and to take
the Medicines ordered by the Physician; and none to be allowed to