Hardbound leather covered book; pages have blue lines horizontally across page for writing and pink lines vertically to mark columns; pages have alphabetical tabs; content of notebook is hand-written notes of nursing-related topics; 132 pages; found within are 19 loose pages (b) with more hand-writ…
Hardbound leather covered book; pages have blue lines horizontally across page for writing and pink lines vertically to mark columns; pages have alphabetical tabs; content of notebook is hand-written notes of nursing-related topics; 132 pages; found within are 19 loose pages (b) with more hand-written notes; Dr. Thompson's examination paper (c) and Dr. Deys' examination (d).
Number Of Parts
4
Part Names
a - notebook - Size: Length 26.8 cm x Width 20.7 cm x Depth 1.6 cm
b - loose notes - Size: Length 21.9 cm x Width 15.3 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
c - examination paper - Size (unfolded): Length 31.6 cm x Width 20.5 cm
d - examination paper - Size (unfolded): Length 31.6 cm x 20.3 cm
Provenance
Owned by Reena Cochrane; donated to museum by her daughter Dorothy Hodgson
Notebook and papers from Reena Cochrane's time at St. Luke's Hospital in Newburgh, New York
Material
paper: cream, burgandy
leather: black
ink: black
Inscriptions
Hand-written inside notebook (a): "Reena Cochrane"; hand-written on loose notes (b): "Urine"; "Ligiments"; "Bed Sores"; "Hygiene"; "Bacteria"; "Saphrophytes"; "The Head"; "Respiration"; hand-written on examination papers (c): "Dr. Thompson's Examination // 1. What do you understand by // (1) mechanical sterilization?"; (d) "Dr. Deys's Examination. // 1. What are the uses of perspiration?"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Condition Remarks
Book cover (a) moderately worn from use; loose notes (b) faded; examination papers (c-d) severely creased at three locations horizontally
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Website
Reference Comments
Dorothy (Northwood) Hodgson
"About MSLC Campuses in Cornwall & Newburgh," Montefiore, https://www.montefioreslc.org/about-us/
Research Facts
Reena Cochrane (September 3, 1890 - January 3, 1980) trained in nursing at St. Luke's Hospital in Newburgh, New York (1911-1912); she practised nursing briefly in a doctor's office in Milton, Ontario.
St. Luke's Hospital in Newburgh, New York was founded in 1874 by women of St. George's Church.