Hardbound textbook with illustrations describing principles and practices of obstetrical nursing; plain leatherette cover; title, edition and publisher stamped in gold on the spine; 575 pages.
Hardbound textbook with illustrations describing principles and practices of obstetrical nursing; plain leatherette cover; title, edition and publisher stamped in gold on the spine; 575 pages.
Stamped on the spine: " OBSTETRICAL // NURSING // VAN BLARCOM // 2ND // EDITION // REVISED // MACMILLAN"; handwritten on the front page: "Laura Cuthbertson, // Norwood, // Ont"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Temporary Location
On Display: “For Service to Humanity”, Nursing Gallery: Restored Room 1016, Museum of Health Care, 13 Nov 2008
Length
21.9 cm
Width
15.0 cm
Depth
3.3 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 21.9 cm x Width 15.0 cm x Depth 3.3 cm
Condition Remarks
Shows minor wear along pages
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.