Careful Nursing (1912)

• 80%
• 1912

Mr. Markham gets ill. A hospital nurse is brought to nurse him. He likes being nursed. His four sons all fall in love with the nurse. They all pretend to be sick and take to their beds. Mrs. Markham is distracted. The butler also falls in love with the nurse. The nurse's husband, a pugilist, from whom she has run away on account of his drinking habits, catches the butler kissing his wife's photograph outside the house. He is delighted to have located his wife at last and plots to win her back. He learns from the butler what is going on inside the house. He dresses up as a hospital nurse and applies for the position to assist his wife. Mrs. Markham is delighted at his ugly appearance and engages him. He tries drastic treatment on the patients and quickly cures them. The butler forces his unwelcome attentions on the wife. The pugilist thrashes the butler and earns his wife's gratitude and forgiveness.