Small dark blue covered dictionary wrapped in tan Kraft paper; title and author are written in pen on the front of tan paper; in addition to definitions of words, the dictionary also features many advertisements, a preface, and a table of contents; end of the dictionary includes an appendix and adv…
Small dark blue covered dictionary wrapped in tan Kraft paper; title and author are written in pen on the front of tan paper; in addition to definitions of words, the dictionary also features many advertisements, a preface, and a table of contents; end of the dictionary includes an appendix and advertisements for different books; 390 pages, beginning at the definitions and including the appendix; original owner handwrote her name and date inside cover.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Belonged to Sylvia Burkinshaw, a Registered Nurse and graduate from Scarborough Hospital School of Nursing. SHe had many roles at the Kingston General Hospital from 1961 up until her retirement in 1984, mainly as Superintendent of Nurses.
On the front: "BAILLERIERE'S NURSES // COMPLETE MEDICAL // DICTIONARY // BY // Hitch and Marshall"; on the inside: "Sylvia Burkinshaw // August, 1937."; on frontispiece: "BALLIERE'S NURSES' // COMPLETE MEDICAL // DICTIONARY // REVISED BY // MARGARET E. HITCH, // S.R.N. // IN COLLABORATION WITH // C. F. MARSHALL, // M.D., M.SC., F.R.C.S. // With 66 pages of Appendices, including // illustrated section on Surgical Instruments. // SIXTH EDITION // LONDON // BAILLIERE, TINDALL AND COX // 7 & 8, HENRIEETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN // 1936"; "PREFACES TO SIXTH EDITION"; "CONTENTS"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Length
13.0 cm
Width
9.5 cm
Depth
2.0 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 13.0 cm X Width 9.5 cm X Depth 2.0 cm
Condition Remarks
Paper wrapped on covers the covers is very worn out, partially ripped, slightly stained and one flap loose
Sylvia Burkinshaw was born at Scarborough, Yorkshire, England in 1919 and died on Sunday May 1, 2011 at the Kingston General Hospital. Only daughter of John Frederick and Margaret Burkinshaw. Following graduation as a Registered Nurse at Scarborough Hospital and as a Midwife at Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital London, she served as a Nursing Sister in Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service through World War II. In 1950 she returned to civilian nursing at University College Hospital, London. An International Red Cross Scholarship award enabled her to travel to Canada to continue her health care career. She worked at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto from 1956 to 1961 and at the Kingston General Hospital from 1961 until her retirement in 1984.