Hardbound paper covered nursing textbook with charts and illustrations describing nursing divided into chapters focusing on diseases of the respiratory system, of the cardiovascular system, of the digestive system, nutritional deficiencies, allergy, and others; signed on inside front cover by origiā¦
Hardbound paper covered nursing textbook with charts and illustrations describing nursing divided into chapters focusing on diseases of the respiratory system, of the cardiovascular system, of the digestive system, nutritional deficiencies, allergy, and others; signed on inside front cover by original owner; inserted among the pages was a bookmark (b) and class notes (c); 947 pages.
Number Of Parts
3
Part Names
a - book - Size: Length 24.1 cm x Width 16.5 cm x Depth 3.9 cm
b - bookmark - Size: Length 18.6 cm x Width 5.8 cm
c - class notes - Size: Length 25.1 cm x Width 20.2 cm
Printed on first page: "Medical Nursing // THIRD EDITION // Amy Frances Brown, R.N., B.Ed., M.S. in N., Ph.D. // 447 Illustrations // 42 in Color on 32 Figures // W. B. SAUNDERS COMPANY // PHILADELPHIA LONDON"; hand-written on inside front cover: "Patricia Fowlie"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
(a) 2005-3
(b-c) 2005-2-5 Box 17
Condition Remarks
Cover worn from use; bookmark has severe crease at one location horizontally; class notes have severe crease at one location horizontally
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
File
Website
Reference Comments
Donor remarks
The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, "Medical Publishing," By Richard H. Lampert. https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/medical-publishing/
Research Facts
Patti (Fowlie) Clark is a graduate of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1964.
W. B. Saunders Company began in 1888 in Philadelphia, and published "American Textbook of Surgery" in 1892, followed by may other authoritative medical works. One of the most notorious Saunders publishing adventures was the Kinsey Report, comprised of "Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male" and "Sexual Behaviour in the Human Female." The company was sold to American broadcaster CBS in 1968.