Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
Category
Archival Items
Nursing
Nursing textbook
Classification
Archival, Publications
Nursing
Nursing textbook
Accession Number
995002155
Description
Hardbound paper covered book with illustrations; discussing surgical nursing; divided into chapters with topics such as inflammation, antisepsis and asepsis, pre- and postoperative nursing care, methods, complications, diseases and others; signed by original owner inside front cover; yellow tabs ha…
Hardbound paper covered book with illustrations; discussing surgical nursing; divided into chapters with topics such as inflammation, antisepsis and asepsis, pre- and postoperative nursing care, methods, complications, diseases and others; signed by original owner inside front cover; yellow tabs have been inserted as place markers at top edge of book; 585 pages.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae via Marilyn Boston
Printed in book: "SURGICAL // NURSING // by // ELDRIDGE L. ELIASON, A.B., M.D., SC.D, F.A.C.S. // L. KRAEER FERGUSON, A.B., M.D., F.A.C.S. // EVELYN M. FARRAND, R.N., B.S. // Eighth Edition // 259 ILLUSTRATIONS WITH // 7 SUBJECTS IN FULL COLOR // Philadelphia London Montreal // J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY"; handwritten inside front cover: "Violet Code, Graduate of Kingston General // Hospital, Nursing School // 1938"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Length
20.9 cm
Width
13.8 cm
Depth
2.3 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 20.9 cm x Width 13.8 cm x Depth 2.3 cm
Condition Remarks
Spine shows minor wear from use
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Website
Reference Comments
"J. B. Lippincott," Stories, HarperCollins Publishers 200. https://200.hc.com/stories/j-b-lippincott/
Research Facts
Beginning in the early 1800s, J. B. Lippincott had great success as a bookseller in Philadelphia. After a fire in 1899, the company rebuilt and found success again, and in 1960 published Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," which went on to sell over 40 million copies.