Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
Category
Archival Items
Nursing
Nursing textbook
Classification
Archival, Publications
Nursing
Nursing textbook
Accession Number
995002154 a-b
Description
Hardbound fabric covered book (a) with illustrations discussing materia medica; chapter topics include the metric system, poisons, emetics, hypodermic administration of drugs, electro-therapeutics and radiology and a classification of remedies; title stamped in gold ink on front cover and spine; bo…
Hardbound fabric covered book (a) with illustrations discussing materia medica; chapter topics include the metric system, poisons, emetics, hypodermic administration of drugs, electro-therapeutics and radiology and a classification of remedies; title stamped in gold ink on front cover and spine; book wrapped in protective book jacket (b); signed by original owner inside front cover; 315 pages.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - book - Size: Length 19.2 cm x Width 13.0 cm x Depth 2.6 cm
b - book jacket - Size (unfolded): Length 51.1 cm x Width 19.3 cm
Provenance
Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae via Marilyn Boston
Printed in book: "TEXT-BOOK // OF // MATERIA MEDICA // FOR NURSES // COMPILED BY // LAVINIA L. DOCK // GRADUATE OF BELLEVUE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES // SEVENTH EDITION, REVISED // REVISED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NINTH DECENNIAL // REVISION OF THE U.S. PHARMACOPOEIA // G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS // NEW YORK AND LONDON // The Knickerbocker Press"; hand-written inside front cover: "J. F. Guess, // K. G. H."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Condition Remarks
Page edges show minor foxing; book jacket (b) is torn at edges from use
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Article
Reference Comments
Mary E. Garofalo, RN and Elizabeth Fee, PhD, "Lavinia Dock (1858–1956): Picketing, Parading, and Protesting," Am J Public Health. 2015 February; 105(2): 276–277. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302021
Research Facts
Lavinia Dock was a nurse, writer, suffragist, and activist. She was assistant superintendent of nurses at Johns Hopkins Hospital. In 1896, she joined her friend Lillian Wald as a visiting nurse at the Henry Street Settlement. She worked there for twenty years. She identified as socialist politically, after working with poor immigrant populations at the Henry Street Settlement. She met other socialists and anarchists, including Emma Goldman. She was a member of the Women’s Trade Union League, participated in strikes, and spoke in favour of women's rights to birth control. She was arrested many times for trying to vote, and spent time in the Occoquan workhouse in Virginia. She considered herself a friend of the Russian Revolution and was a member of the American Council for Friendship with Russia. She also worked on the book " A History of Nursing," believing that nursing would not be accepted as a profession until its history was documented.