Hardbound fabric covered book with illustrations describing obstetrical nursing; divided into chapters covering topics such as anatomy and physiology, development of the baby, expectant mother, birth, care of the baby; title stamped in gold ink on spine; signed by original owner on inside front cov…
Hardbound fabric covered book with illustrations describing obstetrical nursing; divided into chapters covering topics such as anatomy and physiology, development of the baby, expectant mother, birth, care of the baby; title stamped in gold ink on spine; signed by original owner on inside front cover; 575 pages.
Printed in book: "OBSTETRICAL // NURSING // BY // CAROLYN CONANT VAN BLARCOM, R.N. // SECOND EDITION, REVISED // New York // THE MACMILLAN COMPANY // 1932; hand-written on inside front cover: "Margaret E. Kirkpatrick // Kingston General Hospital '35"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Length
21.9 cm
Width
14.8 cm
Depth
3.8 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 21.9 cm x Width 14.8 cm x Depth 3.8 cm
Condition Remarks
Cover shows wear from use
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Website
Reference Comments
Margaret Kirkpatrick
"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
Margaret Kirkpatrick is a graduate of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1935.
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.