Hard-cover textbook consisting of 53 lesson booklets; booklets are enclosed between heavy paper-covered cardboard covers; shoelace string has been laced through two metal eyelets binding the cover and booklets; a nurse's portrait has been stamped on front cover above the maker's name; the textbook …
Hard-cover textbook consisting of 53 lesson booklets; booklets are enclosed between heavy paper-covered cardboard covers; shoelace string has been laced through two metal eyelets binding the cover and booklets; a nurse's portrait has been stamped on front cover above the maker's name; the textbook contains a collection of lessons and activities.
Stamped on front cover: "CHICAGO SCHOOL // OF // NURSING // Founded 1899"; printed on first page: "Anne Leigh - Lila Steele // Ellis"; "Mrs Herb. Steele."; chapter titles: " History of Nursing and // Nursing Ethics"; " The General Care of the Patient"; "Symptoms and Signs of Disease"; "Typhoid Fever"; " Nursing Medical Cases"; "Nursing Contagious and Infectious Diseases"; "Medicines and Their Administration"; "Nursing Sick Children"; "Drugs and Other Remedies"; "Emergencies and First Aid"; "The Excretory System"; "Diseases of the Respiratory Organs"; "Diseases of the Stomach and // Digestive Organs"; "Nursing in Constitutional and // Chronic Diseases"; "The Nervous System and the // Special Senses"; "Surgical and Obstetrical Disinfection."; "Anesthesia"; "Bandaging"; "Massage"; "Anatomy and Hygiene of the Female // Pelvic Organs"; "The Puerperium or Lying-in Period"; "Care of the New-Born"; "Diseases of Women"; "Gynecological Operations"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Length
23.3 cm
Width
15.4 cm
Depth
6.4 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 23.3 cm x Width 15.4 cm x Depth 6.4 cm
Condition Remarks
Pages are faded; spine is ripped at the bottom; the cover is worn
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Website
Reference Comments
Mrs. Mona Winterburn
"Chicago School of Nursing, 1905-1929," Nursing History Primary Sources in Special Collections and University Archives, Nursing History in Illinois, https://researchguides.uic.edu/nursinghistory/archivalresources#:~:text=The%20Chicago%20School%20of%20Nursing,course%20lessons%20and%20some%20realia.
Research Facts
Mrs. Winterburn's great-aunt studied nursing in Chicago; she held nursing positions in Toronto and Hamilton.
The Chicago School of Nursing was founded in 1899 by Dr. Orville Juan Perkins and incorporated in 1909. The school offered home study nursing courses and periodic examinations by mail.