San Jose: Tucker Studios, (n. d.). Ca early 20th C. Oval b/w photograph [5-1/4" x 2-5/8"] of a nurse, aspect shows head to mid-thigh. Onion-skin protector. Mount: 11-1/4" x 5". Mount tipped into a plain black construction paper folder, flip-style. A nice photograph of a nurse in period garb, cf... More about PHOTOGRAPH Of A NURSE
Philadelphia: J. W. Moore, 1847 - 1848. 1st US Edition. viii, [9] - 525, [5]; viii, [9] - 552 pp. Volume I with frontis. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & boards stamped in blind. Yellow eps. Fry once described in the... More about MEMOIR Of The LIFE Of ELIZABETH FRY, with Extracts from her Journal and Letters. In Two Volumes
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[Washington, D.C.?]: 1887. 1st separate printing. [2], 16 pp. Frontispiece, captioned with "Fifteen Nurses. Class of 1886. McLean Asylum Training - School. Composite Made by Notman. From The Century Magazine for November, 1887." 8vo. Self-wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Apparently an offprint, which notes the piece... More about NURSING - REFORM For The INSANE. [drop title
(n. p.): (n. d.). FULL SIGNATURE Of NIGHTINGALE. Photographic image: 3-1/2" x 2" [CDV?]. Frame: 14" x 9-5/8". Light peach-colored matte, with grey border to each piece. Letter excerpt reads: "where I am to send the Blue Books. / Ever yours faithfully / Florence Nightingale" More about FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH And MANUSCRIPT SIGNATURE / LETTER EXCERPT
Philadelphia & London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1916. 1st printing of the 5th Revised Edition. [5] - 511, [1 (blank)], 12 pp. Glossary & Index follow text. 12 pages of adverts at rear, noting other Nursing books published by Saunders. Illustrated. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-1/2". Maroon vertically-ribbed cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering. More about PRACTICAL POINTS In NURSING For Nurses in Private Practice; With an Appendix Containing Rules for...
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 about MOUNTED PORTRAIT OF TWO NURSES
![NURSE'S LEATHER CHATELAINE WITH 8 TOOLS [together with] TWO CABINET CARDS. Chatelaine - Photographs](/pictures/thumb/45018.jpg?v=1542150129)
(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 about NURSE'S LEATHER CHATELAINE WITH 8 TOOLS [together with] TWO CABINET CARDS
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 about PENNY MARSH FINDS ADVENTURE In PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING. A Dodd, Mead Career Book
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 about CORRESPONDENCE With The UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR Respecting The EXECUTION Of MISS CAVELL At BRUSSELS
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 about BACTERIOLOGY For NURSES
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 about SANITARY COMMISSION. RULES FOR PRESERVING THE HEALTH OF THE SOLDIER
![CARTE De VISITE [CDV]. US Sanitary Commission, J. T. Pancoast](/pictures/thumb/44715.jpg?v=1542149886)
[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 about CARTE De VISITE [CDV
(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 about The HISTORY Of NURSING LEGISLATION In The BRITISH COMMONWEALTH, 1891 - 1939.; Submitted for...
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 about LONGITUDINAL STUDY Of NURSE PRACTITIONERS. Phase III.; DHEW Publication No. HRA 80-2
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 about SANITARY COMMISSION No. 56. Department of Special Inspection of The General Hospitals of the...
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 about COOKERY For INVALIDS, Persons of Delicate Digestion, and For Children
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 about HYGIENE For NURSES
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 about DIETETICS For The NURSE
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 about MASSAGE. An Elementary Text-Book for Nurses
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 about The NURSE'S HANDBOOK And CATALOGUE Of NURSING REQUISITES. S. Maw, Son & Thompson
[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 about TRY THESE REDUCING DIETS!
(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 about CERTIFICATE Of INCORPORATION - CONSTITUTION And BY=LAWS Of The SPANISH = AMERICAN WAR NURSES. ...
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 about A TEXT - BOOK Of NURSING. For the Use of Training Schools, Families, and Private Students
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 about HOME NURSING. Arranged According to the Revised Syllabus of the St. John Ambulance Association...
(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 about ENGLANDER BEDS. For HOSPITALS And INSTITUTIONS. Catalog No. 31. Hospital Beds • Institution...
