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London: Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1956. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 230 pages including index. Minor spine lean to right. Provides concisely, clearly and simply just that quantity of information which the nurse needs to possess, gathered together in a well-illustrated easily read and easily carried volume. Author, by virtue of her training and subsequent responsibilities at Moorfields Eye Hospital, and latterly as Matron of Bristol Eye Hospital, two of the only three centres in Britain to grant a special Opthalmic Nursing Diploma to student nurses, is well qualified to produce this book. Red boards with black writing thereon..

Great Britain: Arthur H. Stockwell Limited, 1991. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 154 pages. "The story of a young nurse in training in the 1930s - and subsequently as an Army Nursing Sister during the (WWII) War years." - from back cover. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Bit of writing on title page. A worthy reading copy..

Victoria, B.C.: Government of British Columbia. Good. 2000. First Edition. Paperback. 0772643318 . "This historical overview provides an opportunity to chronicle the spirit and determination of a few of the many women who percieved the biases in their society's common assumptions about women, and either worked to correct them or succeeded in spite of them. Highlights some of the social issues in each decade and the challenges women faced as a result." - page 2. 109 pages. Bibliography. Footnotes. Prior owner's details inside front cover in marker, otherwise clean and unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative study.; 8vo .

U.K.: Norwich Cathedral, 1945. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 16 pages. Undated - appears to be circa 1940s. Provides information about the heroic British nurse who helped Belgian and British soldiers slip through German lines in the first world war, and was shot by the German authorities for her efforts. Unmarked with average wear. Foxing to first and last pages. Modest age toning to covers. Bonus: includes two unused black and white picture postcards, the first showing Mount Edith Cavell in the Canadian Rockies, the second a photo of the majestic Edith Cavell memorial erected in Brussels..

Toronto: S.J. Reginald Saunders, 1947. Book. Illus. by Hambleton, Jack. Good. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 229 pages. Several black and white illustrations in text. "The story of Jean Ellis's experiences overseas as a Red Cross Welfare Officer. Here, for the first time, is a report to Canada by one of the more than 500 girls who represented our Red Cross in Europe." - from dust jacket. Front free endpaper neatly removed. Bookplate inside front board. Average wear to unmarked book. Binding intact. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in mylar. A sound copy..

Edmonton: The Alberta Association of Registered Nurses, 1966. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. 340 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Traces this honourable history from 1859. Unmarked with average wear to cream cloth-covered boards. Binding intact. A sound copy. STRATHERN 3353..

Canada: Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing. Good. 1936. First Edition. Paperback. 70 pages. Oblong: Approximately 9" x 11". Abundant black and white photography. Jessie Blair's copy. Autographs abound, including those of students, staff and administration. Average wear. Binding intact. Sound copy of this cheerfully nostalgic momento.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Kingston (Ontario, Canada) General Hospital School of Nursing Yearbook - The Graduating Class of 1936 .

London: Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1953. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Fourth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 428 pages including index and black and white plates. Represents the outcome of many years' experience in the coaching of midwifery students for the examination of the Central Midwives Board. Contents follow an arrangement in which normal pregnancy, labour, and the puerperium are explained on simple lines while the complications of childbearing are introduced later as a separate section. Revised to reflect the trend towards hospital confinements and the necessity for ante-natal care. Further, advances in medicine have benefitted midwifery and are reflected. Average wear. Binding narrowly open behind front free endpaper. Gift greetings upon front flyleaf else unmarked. Blue boards and spine partially faded, moderately soiled and showing average wear with significant bump to bottom corner of front board..

Canada: Trafford, 2008. Book. Good. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 259 pages. List of references. Signed and inscribed by author upon half-title page. "A collection of true stories born out of fifty years of psychiatric and general nursing... Reveals the lives of patients and the nurses who cared for them. They take the readers from behind the barred windows of the mental hospitals, to the psychiatric wards in general hospitals, and on to the classroom of a university college. Some stories will make you laugh, others will make you cry, all will enrich your understanding of the world of mental health care." - from back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy..

Canada: Co-Publishing, 1995. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 628 pages. Maps. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. A large and wonderful compilation of brief biographies of Canadian military nurses. "The [nursing] sisters speak of endless convoys of wounded, the long hours under canvas, no lights or running water, the heat and the cold, the rain and the mud. The sisters of the RCN recall that their sailor patients not only suffered grievous wounds but were often soaked in oil and exposed to the rigours of the North Atlantic. Airmen, survivors of crashes, faced painful months of reconstructive surgery to dreadful burns. Their care required all the ingenuity, support and patience the RCAF sisters could muster." - Foreword. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A sound reference copy. Several related pages from Canadian Legion Magazine laid-in. Cooke [3] p.43.… Read More

London: The Scientific Press/Faber and Gwyer, Ltd., 1929. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Second Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 163 pages including index. Includes black and white illustrations. Chapters include: air, ventilation, heating, lighting, humidity; Water; Disposal of Refuse; Infection and Infectious Diseases; Insects and Parasites; Food; Infants; Personal Hygiene. Issued under the auspices of the Press Committee of the Middlesex Hospital. Prior owner's name and information upon front endpaper. Her name also written upon several additional pages and upon top and fore-edges. Olive-coloured boards well-worn. Spine leaning to right..

Victoria, B.C.: Victoria General Hospital, 1981. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 164 pages. Profusely illustrated in black and white, plus some colour photos. Very heavily worn former library copy with usual markings. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy..

Fort St. James, B.C.: RNABC, Stuart Lake Chapter. Good. 1987. First Edition. Plastic Comb Binding. "Stuart Lake Hospital is a 25 bed acute care hospital located within the Village of Fort St. James overlooking beautiful Stuart Lake. The nurses that work in the hospital belong to the 'Registered Nurses Association of British Columbia'. Our local chapter is the Stuart Lake Chapter. As a fund raising project, we decided to make a third effort at a cookbook." - first page. [12],130 pages. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy.; Cover Art; 8vo .

Portland, OR, U.S.A.: Emanuel Hospital School of Nursing, 1951. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 58 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper. Average wear. A sound copy of this nostalgic yearbook..

Australia: Permagon, 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 106 pages. "Describes, with the aid of photographs and diagrams, the most up-to-date methods and procedures for effective stomal care." - from back board. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Numerous photographic plates in colour and black and white. Nice copy..

Alberta, Canada: Self-Published, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 298 pages. Dozens of archival black and white photos. "The District Nursing Service was established by the Alberta Department of Public Health in 1919, to provide medical aid for pioneer families, in isolated areas of the province." - from Preface. Bright gilt lettering and decorations upon maroon cloth exterior. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy..

Canada: 5 Span Books, 1994. Book. Illus. by Grant, Ted - Photography. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 96 black and white photographic plates. "In classic black and white photographs (Grant) captures the compassion, the precision and the challenge of the daily lives of doctors, nurses and hospital technicians. A moment of silent communication when the physician takes a patient's hand; the complexity of the modern operating room; the physical acumen and intense concentraion required in an operation; and the dedication, humility and love of humanity - the elements that make medicine a very human science - are richly portrayed in this book. A handsome addition to any library and a must for anyone interested in photography, medicine or history." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings atop preliminary page. Clean with moderate wear. A quality copy of this moving compilation..

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada: St. Paul's School of Nursing, 1954. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 88 pages. Loaded with black and white photos, text and contemporary ads. Minimal markings. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy..

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada: St. Paul's School of Nursing, 1956. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 80 pages. Loaded with black and white photos, text and contemporary ads. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy..