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
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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
The VISITING NURSE. Visiting Nurse Service of the Henry Street Settlement.
New York: Visiting Nurse Service of the Henry Street Settlement, (n. d.). Ca early 1920s. Recto with b/w image of a nurse, dated 1922 [in the plate]. 5-1/2" x 3-5/16. Verso of card details professional capabilities ["In Times of Illness... In Times of Health..."] of the nurses ["only graduate registered... More
OBSTETRICS For NURSES.
Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1912. Later printing of the 3rd revised edition of a work first published in 1904. 512 pp (including Index). Profusely illustrated. Folding chart. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. 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
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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
OBSTETRICS For NURSES.
Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1916. 4th revised edition of a work first published in 1904. 508 pp (including Index). Profusely illustrated, including a frontis, 4 inserted color plates & a folding chart. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth with gilt stamped lettering to spine. More
FLIGHT NURSE. Angeles en el Infierno.
Distribuidora Sotomayor, S. A. (n. d.). Circa 1954. Broadside. B/w photographic reproduction of a still from the film, surrounded by illustrations in color. 12-5/8" x 16-3/4". Stiff white paper printed in red, black and grey. Lobby card from the 1953 film starring Joan Leslie and Forrest Tucker. The film was... 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
NOTES On NURSING: What It Is, and What It Is Not.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 346 & 348 Broadway. 1860. 1st US edition (Bishop & Goldie, p. 15; Cordasco 60-1308; 100 Famous Medical Books, 71). 140, [4] pp. Printed glosses. Publisher adverts last 4 pages. 12mo. 8" x 5". Original publisher's dark brown cloth with gilt stamped title lettering... 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
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CARTE - De - VISITE [CDV] ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH.
London: Mr Kilburn. H. Lenthall. Successor. 222, Regent Street. (n. d.). Ca 1856. Photographer imprint under photograph as well as to verso. Image: 3-7/16" x 2-1/8" on stiff card stock, 4-1/8" x 2-1/2" Image a bust portrait of Nightingale on her return from the Crimean War, facing left. More
An APPEAL.
Edinburgh: 1878. 1st printing (presumed). Bifolium, printed p. 1 only. Printed self-wrappers. A printed APPEAL for financial aid to benefit the refugees from the conflict in Constantinople, 1878. More
LOT Of EIGHT DRUGGIST / PHARMACY LABELS.
(n. d.). Circa 1890s - 1920s. 8 labels, printed recto only. Sizes vary. Largest 2-7/8" x 3-3/8"; smallest 1-1/4" x 2-1/2". Mostly white paper printed in dk blue, black or green; one multicolored. Labels include: - "Dr. Haynes' Arabian Balsam" for colds, coughs, sprains, burns, bruises, etc., Providence, RI - Sulphur... More
The EDITH CAVELL NURSE From MASSACHUSETTS. A Record of One Year's Personal Service with the British Expeditionary Force in France. Boulogne - The Somme. 1916 - 1917. With an Account of the Imprisonment, Trial, and Death of Edith Cavell.; Plus Small Lot of Related Ephemera.
Boston: W. A. Butterfield, (1917). 1st printing. xiii, [3], 95, [1 (blank)] pp. "Correspondence" - 15, [1] pp. Frontis. Facsimile. Internal plate. 16mo. 7" x 4-3/4". "Correspondence": 13" x 8-3/8". Brown cloth backed boards. Printed white dust jacket. "Edith Louisa Cavell was a British nurse. She is celebrated for saving... More
A HANDBOOK Of INVALID COOKING. For the Use of Nurses in Traning-Schools, Nurses in Private Practice and Others Who Care for the Sick. Containing Explanatory Lessons on the Properties and Value of Different Kinds of Food, and Recipes for the Making of Various Dishes.
New York: The Century Co. 1898. A later printing of a work first 1st published in 1893. Cf. Bitting, p. 47 [with the 1906 edition]; Wheaton & Kelly 707. Not in Cagle. vii, [1 (blank)], 323, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). Crown 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5". Original publisher's gunmetal-grey cloth... More
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WOMEN . . . OUR WOUNDED NEED YOUR CARE! [. . . ] Join a Hospital Company.
Recruiting Publicity Bureau United States Army, 1945. 1st Edition. Broadside. Linen-backed. Large illustration of a woman in a blue WAC uniform carrying a surgical tray. Poster: 37-3/4" x 25-1/4". Backing: 39-1/2" x 27-1/4". Cream paper printed in blue, grey and white. Backed in linen with white paper coating to poster... More
ANN BARTLETT In The SOUTH PACIFIC.; The Further Adventures of a Navy Nurse.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1944. 1st edition. [6], 202 pp. 8-1/4" x 5-3/8". Light blue cloth binding, maroon printed lettering to spine. Red, white & blue dust jacket. Scarce title in this Navy Nurse series. More
The SAMUEL MERRITT HOSPITAL SCHOOL Of NURSING. Commencement of the Class of 1921 Thursday Evening, March 31, 1921.
[Oakland?]: 1921. 1st Printing. One printed sheet, folded once vertically, to form 4 pp. Page 4 blank. Typographical ornament, p. 1. 7-1/2" x 5". Printed self-wrappers. Oakland California's Samuel Merritt Hospital, with a new School of Nursing, opened its doors in 1909. Here offered a scarce ephemeral piece from just... More