Fabric covered hardbound nursing textbook with information and photographs about nursing care of the expectant mother, women in labour and the young mother and baby; title, author, edition and publisher stamped on spine in gold ink; a sticker with drawing of mouse in robe standing in front of firep…
Fabric covered hardbound nursing textbook with information and photographs about nursing care of the expectant mother, women in labour and the young mother and baby; title, author, edition and publisher stamped on spine in gold ink; a sticker with drawing of mouse in robe standing in front of fireplace has been affixed on inside front cover; inside cover has been signed by original owner; 651 pages.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Owned by Charlotte Olive Gertrude Casselman, donated by her husband, Frederick M. Cass, via Ann Gay
Printed on first page: "OBSTETRICAL // NURSING // BY CAROLYN CONANT VAN BLARCOM, R.N. // THIRD EDITION // NEW YORK // THE MACMILLAN COMPANY // 1936"; hand-written inside front cover: "O. Casselman, // K.G.H. // Feb. 1939."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Length
22.0 cm
Width
14.7 cm
Depth
3.6 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 22.0 cm x Width 14.7 cm x Depth 3.6 cm
Condition Remarks
Spine shows minor wear from use; inside of spine appears to have been mended with tape and endpaper appears to have been replaced over top
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Website
Reference Comments
"This Way Forward: Carolyn Conant Van Blarcom (1875-1961)," APRIL 1, 2015, Johns Hopkins Nursing. https://magazine.nursing.jhu.edu/2015/04/this-way-forward-carolyn-conant-van-blarcom-1875-1961/
Research Facts
Carolyn Conant Van Blarcom attended the Johns Hopkins Hospital Training School for Nurses starting in 1898. She was head nurse in Hopkins’ obstetrics wards, superintendent of nurses at St. Luke’s Hospital in St. Louis and the Maryland State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis, and executive secretary of the New York Association for the Prevention of Blindness. She published various books and was director of the Atlantic Division of the American Red Cross. She was considered a pioneer in the area of preventing childhood blindness through better hygiene and infant and maternal care.