Date:  Wed, 21 Jun 1995 07:46:44 EDT

From:  "Janet M. Fuller" <JMCFULL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UNIVSCVM.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU>

Subject: Re: nurse / "sister"



The German word for nurse is 'Krankenschwester',

which is literally 'sick-sister'; nurses are

often referred to then as 'Schwestern'

(sisters). -jmf