MOUNTED PORTRAIT OF TWO NURSES.
Brooklyn, NY: Scherer Photo Studios, (n. d.). C. 1890s. One b/w photo mounted on thick card, imprimt to verso. 3-3/8" x 1-7/8" photo; 5-1/4" x 3-3/8" mount. More
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![NURSE'S LEATHER CHATELAINE WITH 8 TOOLS [together with] TWO CABINET CARDS. Chatelaine - Photographs.](/pictures/thumb/45018.jpg?v=1542150129)
NURSE'S LEATHER CHATELAINE WITH 8 TOOLS [together with] TWO CABINET CARDS.
(n. p.): The London Photographic Company; J. A. Wheeler. (n. d.). C. 1880s. One chatelaine with 8 tools, and two cabinet cards. B/w photographs. Cabinet cards: 6-1/2" x 4-1/4"; Chatelaine: approx. 6-1/2" x 4-3/4" Leather chatelaine pouch with steel snap enclosure, V-shaped leather straps with a silver belt clip. Cabinet... More
PENNY MARSH FINDS ADVENTURE In PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING. A Dodd, Mead Career Book.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. 1st edition. ix, [3], 236 pp. Illustrated with drawings. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with white stamped lettering. Blue map eps. Blue topstain. Green & blue dust jacket. More
CORRESPONDENCE With The UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR Respecting The EXECUTION Of MISS CAVELL At BRUSSELS.
London: Darling & Son, Limited, 1915. 1st printing. 24 pp. 9-5/8" x 6-1/8". Printed blue paper covers, stapled. Cavell an American nurse shot by the Germans, after an accusation of her assisting prisoners to escape. More
BACTERIOLOGY For NURSES.
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1914. First printing of the Revised 2nd Edition. xii, [2], 179, [7] pp. Index @ rear. 6 page publisher catalogue concludes volume. Illustrated with cuts. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. More
SANITARY COMMISSION. RULES FOR PRESERVING THE HEALTH OF THE SOLDIER.
Washington: 1861. 1st Edition. [1] 2-14 [2 blank] pp. 12mo. 5-1/4" x 3-7/8" Original printed tan paper wrappers, stitched. MS signature to upper wrapper: "Comp. F. Sergt. De Wakeman." Adopted and approved by the commission at a meeting held at Washington, July 12th, 1861. Commissioners: Henry W. Bellows, Prof. A.... More
![CARTE De VISITE [CDV]. US Sanitary Commission, J. T. Pancoast.](/pictures/thumb/44715.jpg?v=1542149886)
CARTE De VISITE [CDV].
[Baltimore]: Pollock, (n. d.). Ca mid-1860s. SIGNED by Pancoast on the cdv verso. Photograph: 3-1/2" x 2-1/4"; Mount: 4" x 2-3/8". Photographer blindstamp in lower right of CDV. CDV of J. T. Pancoast who was the Agent for the US Sanitary Commission in Baltimore. From an 1863 United States Sanitary Commission bulletin..... More
The HISTORY Of NURSING LEGISLATION In The BRITISH COMMONWEALTH, 1891 - 1939.; Submitted for partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree in History, Radcliffe College. February, 1952.
(n. p.): 1952. 346, 15 leaves of typescript, recto only. 11-1/2" x 9-1/8". Black commercial 3-ring binder. "This dissertation surveyed certain phases of growth of the nursing profession in the British Commonwealth between 1860 and 1939, chiefly the development of training schools and legislation on nursing." More
LONGITUDINAL STUDY Of NURSE PRACTITIONERS. Phase III.; DHEW Publication No. HRA 80-2
Hyattsville, Maryland: U.S. Department of Health Eduction and Welfare, 1980. 1st Printing. xv, [1 (blank)], 221, [3 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-7/8". Original printed paper wrappers. More
SANITARY COMMISSION No. 56. Department of Special Inspection of The General Hospitals of the Army. First Report to the Commission,; by Henry G. Clark, Inspector-in-Chief, Washington, November 18th, 1862.
New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co., Printers, 1862. 1st Printing. 15, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-5/8". Printed self-wrappers, sewn. More
COOKERY For INVALIDS, Persons of Delicate Digestion, and For Children.
London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876. 1st Edition (Driver 509.1). xvi, 175, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). No adverts. Head- tailpieces. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's purple cloth with black & gilt stamping. Red speckled edges. More
HYGIENE For NURSES.
St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Company, 1918. 1st Edition. xv, [1 (blank)], 17 - 160 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding. More
DIETETICS For The NURSE.
London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1939. Sixth Edition. viii, 268 pp (including Index). Small 8vo. Blue cloth binding with dark blue lettering. Pale blue dust jacket. A primer on food, and its cookery, for nurses in training. More
MASSAGE. An Elementary Text-Book for Nurses.
Pittsburgh: Reed & Witting Co., 1917. 1st Edition. 33, [7 (blank)] pp. 6-3/4" x 4-1/8". Original publisher's light blue cloth binding with black printed lettering to front cover. The author a instuctor in nursing massage at a number of medical institutions, including Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Allegheny General Hospital, Homeopathic Hospital... More
NOTES On HOSPITALS: Being Two Papers Read Before the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, at Liverpool, in October, 1858. With Evidence Given to the Royal Commissioners on the State of the Army in 1857.
London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. 1859. Second Edition [Bishop & Goldie 100 (iv)]. Cf. Garrison - Morrison 1611, for the 1st edition, also published in 1859. [8], 110 pp. Charts, including one fold-out, 5 intra-textual figures & 4 fold-out plates at rear. 8vo. 9" x 5-5/8". Later... More
TALKS To MY PATIENTS; Hints on Getting Well and Keeping Well.
New York: Wood & Holbrook, Publishers. 1870. 1st edition. xii, 13 - 228, [12] pp. 11 pages of adverts follow text. Frontis of the "Elmira Water-Cure". 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Publisher's original green cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & front board. Primarily a primary on women's health issues... More
The NURSE'S HANDBOOK And CATALOGUE Of NURSING REQUISITES. S. Maw, Son & Thompson.
London: McCorquodale & Co. Limited. 1898. Third Edition, Revised and Corrected. viii, 186 pp. Index, pp. vi - viii. Pages [171]-186 advertising matter. Filled with cuts of divers nursing, and associated medical, equipment. 8vo. 8-3/8" x 5-3/8". Green muslin cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to front cover. Pale... More
TRY THESE REDUCING DIETS!
[Elkhart, IN]: Dr. Miles Laboratories, Inc., (n. d.). Circa 1935. 29, [1] pp. B/w photographic images and illustrations. Oblong 24mo. 4-3/4" x 6-1/8". Stapled white wrappers printed in color, title in orange. Promotional booklet for Dr. Miles medical products, thinly disguised as a dieting guide. Sections on recommended meal plans... More
![CERTIFICATE Of INCORPORATION - CONSTITUTION And BY=LAWS Of The SPANISH = AMERICAN WAR NURSES. December 1908. [cover title]. Nursing Ephemera.](/pictures/thumb/43824.jpg?v=1542149585)
CERTIFICATE Of INCORPORATION - CONSTITUTION And BY=LAWS Of The SPANISH = AMERICAN WAR NURSES. December 1908. [cover title].
(n. p.): 1908. 1st Printing thus. Unpaginated, though 14 pages. 6-7/16" x 3-38". Printed grey paper wrappers, stapled. From the Incorporation: "That the purpose for which said incorporation is formed is, to celebrate the admission of trained nurses to the United States Army, to commemorate the work of nurses in... More
A TEXT - BOOK Of NURSING. For the Use of Training Schools, Families, and Private Students.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1892. 1st printing of the Revised & Enlarged Second edition. 391, [7] pp. Vocabulary & Index conclude text. 4 pages of adverts at rear. Frontis. Intra-textual cuts. Charts, including one inserted fold-out. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5". Original publisher's maroon cloth with gilt letter &... More
HOME NURSING. Arranged According to the Revised Syllabus of the St. John Ambulance Association Compiled by a Committee Principally from the Original Manuscript, Written at the Request of the Association, by Mildred Heather-Bigg, R.R.C.
London: St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, E.C.I., (n. d.). Ca 1918. 272, xvi, [1] pp. 16 page catalogue of Nursing gear at rear. Illustrated with cuts & drawings. 16mo. 5-1/4" x 4". Original light brown pebbled cloth binding with white stamping to spine & front board. More
ENGLANDER BEDS. For HOSPITALS And INSTITUTIONS. Catalog No. 31. Hospital Beds • Institution Beds • Nurses' Beds • Cots • Cribs • Bassinets • Mattresses • Pillows
(n. p.): Englander Beds, (n. d.). 1st printing thus, ca mid-1920s. 40 pp. Each model bed illustrated with half-page photographic image, plus a small vignette photographic image of a hospital where Englander beds are used. 11-13/16" x 8-15/16". Grey paper wrappers, stapled, printed in blue & brown. More
HINTS In DOMESTIC PRACTICE And HOME NURSING.
Boston and Providence: Otis Clapp & Son, 1898. Early edition [3rd?]; 1st published in 1895. 170, [2 (blank)] pp (including Index). 'Advertising Matter', pp. 129 - 165. Adverts illustrated with cuts. 7-5/8" x 4-3/8". Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Scarce [especially in this binding format] early edition of this work... More
HOSPITAL For CONSUMPTION, and Diseases of the Chest. Instituted 25th May, 1841.; In-Patient Branch, Manor House, (Near the Royal Hospital,) Chelsea. Out-Patient Branch and Offices, No. 20, Great Marlborough Street.
London: Printed by W. H. Cox, 5, Great Queen Street, 1842. 1st Printing. 20 pp. Laid-in engraved calling card for "Mr Philip Rose". Front cover with wood engraved image of the Hospital. 12mo. 7-1/8" x 4-13/16". Off-white stiff stock paper covers, sewn. Now the Royal Brompton Hospital, the hospital is... More
REPORT Of TRAINING SCHOOL For NURSES, Woman's Hospital, Philadelphia. 1876.
[Philadelphia]: Grant, Faires & Rodgers, Printers, 1876. 1st Printing. 16 pp. "Rules for Nurses in Training", pp. 8 -13. Application, pp. 14 - 15. 8vo. Original publisher's printed blue-grey paper wrappers, sewn. The hospital was incorporated in 1861, and from that date its mission included "the practical training of nurses... More