Rule Number Differences

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Looking at the two documents, there were several differences between the two documents. The first difference is rule number two, which states that friends of patient living close to the hospital were obligated to bring in change of clothes for patient. The second difference was noted in rule number three, where patients were to leave their valuables to the woman superintendent, before heading to their admitting floor within the hospital. The third difference was the limiting the amount of visitors that were allowed to see patients. The fourth difference which is not only precise, besides, confining, is rule number ten which states, and I quote “Every patient shall retire to bed at 9 p. m. from First May to First November, and at 8 p.m. from

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