Filmstrip (35 mm) entitled, "Florence Nightingale and the Founding of Professional Nursing" in a metal canister; the film (a) consists of a rolled strip of plastic film with black and white images and text telling the story of Florence Nightingale's work in establishing nursing as a profession; the…
Filmstrip (35 mm) entitled, "Florence Nightingale and the Founding of Professional Nursing" in a metal canister; the film (a) consists of a rolled strip of plastic film with black and white images and text telling the story of Florence Nightingale's work in establishing nursing as a profession; the film is stored in (b) a cylindrical metal canister that has a round, flat closed bottom, closed sides, and a round open top; a lid (c) fits onto and over the top of the canister; the lid is round with a flat, closed top and short sides and open bottom; the outer top of the lid has an attached printed paper label.
Number Of Parts
3
Part Names
a - film - Size: Length 164.7 cm x Width 3.4 cm
b - canister - Size: Depth 3.5 cm x Diameter 3.8 cm
c - lid - Size: Depth 0.6 cm x Diameter 3.9 cm
Provenance
Collected by Dr. A. A. Travill for the Queen's University Faculty of Medicine Collection.
(c) The outer label on the lid top reads, ""HEALTH HEROES SERIES" // METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY // Florence Nightingale // and the Founding of // Professional Nursing // Produced by // E.J. BARNES ASSOCIATES // NEW YORK CITY"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C8-5
Condition Remarks
The film and canister show minor wear, but are complete; the film is fully legible; the canister shows no corrosion; the paper label is complete and fully legible
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Website
Reference Comments
Vera M. Falconer, "Filmstrips, a descriptive index and users' guide," New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1948. https://archive.org/details/filmstripsdescri00falcrich/page/318/mode/2up?q=florence
British Library, "The Nightingale Home and Training School for Nurses, St. Thomas's Hospital," https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-nightingale-home-and-training-school-for-nurses-st-thomass-hospital
Research Facts
According to Vera M. Falconer, consultant on motion pictures and filmstrips for the McGraw-Hill book company in 1948, the subject matter of this filmstrip is suitable for "upper elementary and junior high school health or hygiene classes," and perhaps history, social studies, or science classes. She found there to be much text and incomplete visualization of ideas, though the information was excellent. The Health Heroes filmstrip series also contains filmstrips on Edward Livingston Trudeau, Edward Jenner, Madame Curie, Louis Pasteur, Walter Reed, and Robert Koch.
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) had become a national hero in 1854 for her work running an army field hospital during the Crimean War. The famous ‘Lady with the Lamp’, so-called for her habit of patrolling the wards even at night, noticed while in Crimea that more soldiers in her care were dying from infectious diseases than were dying from wounds. She thought this was due to overcrowding and malnutrition, but her proposed solutions – better ventilation and better sanitation – were effectively the foundation of modern nursing. More generally, she believed that patient health depends on the environmental conditions in which they recover from injuries and diseases, in addition to the directly palliative care they may be receiving. She put great emphasis not just on hygiene, but on access to natural light and fresh air.