Cloths that had been wrung out in iced water were replaced upon it from time to time by Sophy, Miss Dows' housekeeper, who, seated near his bedhead, was lazily fanning him.
"Sally Dows and Other Stories"
Bret Harte
I looked at the wall, at the bedhead, at my own two hands-and I shivered as if it was winter time.
"Man and Wife"
Wilkie Collins
Stiffly she knelt at his bedhead, and with both hands held up the crucifix to her face.
"The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay"
Maurice Hewlett