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A History of Nursing (Volume 3); The Evolution of Nursing Systems from the Earliest Times to the Foundation of the First English and American Training Schools for Nurses

A History of Nursing (Volume 3); The Evolution of Nursing Systems from the Earliest Times to the Foundation of the First English and American Training Schools for Nurses


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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1912. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... A HISTORY OF NURSING CHAPTER I The Story Of The Nurses Of Great Britain And Ireland Collaborators: Mrs. Bedford Fenwick, Miss MargaRet Breay, Miss Amy Hughes; Miss Gill; A Committee Of Irish Matrons England.--Miss Nightingale's demonstration of the possibilities of nursing, followed by the success of her co-workers and disciples, drew widespread attention to its possibilities as an opening for woman's work, not as a career in the ordinary sense, for of material advantage it had none to offer, but as affording an opportunity for the relief of suffering and the service of humanity. This appealed very strongly to a group of earnest women of culture, refinement, and organising genius, who, from 1870 onwards, carried on pioneer labours of the most intensive type. We have mentioned Mrs. Wardroper and Mrs. Dacre Craven1 and may now only allude briefly to the important upbuilding work of Miss Swift, at the London Hospital, where she was succeeded by Miss Eva 1 Vol. II., Chap. vi. Luckes; Miss Thorold at the Middlesex, Miss Merryweather at the Westminster, Miss Catherine J. Wood at the Hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond Street, Miss Burt at Guy's, Miss Caroline Lloyd at St. John's House, and Sister Amy, of the St. John's House Sisterhood, at King's College Hospital. Some others of the early reformers we shall presently meet more closely. For none of the pioneers were the conditions under which they worked easy; for some they were exceptionally strenuous. Miss Burt found the reform of nursing at Guy's a work of extraordinary difficulty. In spite of its urgent need, she received no encouragement from the medical staff of the hospital, with the exception of the late Sir William Gull, who, to his honour be it recorded, was alone in giving that support which should ha...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781235100314
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 94
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1235100316
  • Publisher Date: 13 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 181 gr


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