Book with maroon cover, title, authors name and publisher's mark printed in gilt on spine. Dust jacket has a black and white photo of a children's hospital ward as background, with title and author's name printed in maroon on front and spine.A touching story of the Melbourne Hospital for Sick Children (now the Royal Children's Hospital) [ca.1990] one of the most poignant books of Melbourne's early social history.royal children's hospital (melbourne-vic)-anecdotes, paediatric nursing-victoria-history

Book has black and white photo of "Cav and Pag" in a rooftop performance, Melbourne Hospital, Lonsdale Street 1928 on front cover. On the back cover is a black and white photo "fresh air for all"-patients on the balconies of the Lonsdale Street hospital in1916. These photos have white borders. Also on front cover is the hospital crest prior to 1935. There is 46mm wide maroon coloured band between two narrow gilt stripes near bottom of cover. On this band, title is printed in white and gilt in, on front cover, on back cover synopsis of book is printed in white ink. Title is also printed in gilt ink on white coloured spine. Approximately 100 photos from RMH Archives within.non-fictionThe story of nursing at the Royal Melbourne Hospital as told in pictures. Comprising of 100 annotated photographs from the RMH Archives, the images give a rare glimpse of the places and people that marked the learning experience and lives of thousands of young nurses who graduated from the RMH nursing school.royal melbourne hospital-nursing-history, royal melbourne hospital-history, nurses-victoria-history, hospitals - victoria - history

Illustrated book with dust jacket. Book is bound in dark blue, with abbreviated title, author's surname, and publishers mark printed in gilt on spine. Dust jacket has a dark blue background, full title and author's name printed in multicolour on front. Abbreviated title, author's surname and publishers mark in multicolour print on spine.An absorbing social history of women's health seen through the workings of Australia's oldest women's hospital: the Royal Women's Hospital, from 1856-1996.royal women's hospital-melbourne-history, women's health, obstetrics and gynacology, hospitals-victoria-history, nursing

Illustrated book with dark blue cover. Publisher's initials imprinted on front cover. Abbreviated title, one authors surname, one small five-pointed star and abbreviated publisher's name embossed in gold on spine. Alfred Hospital Melbourne".non-fictionThis volume covers the history of nursing from the earliest times to [ca.1840].nursing-history, nurses

Illustrated book. On front cover is a black and white photograph of the 1905 building c.1914, it shows the east side of the building with nurses on the balconies. Title in gold and white print on a blue rectangular background superimposed on this photo, as are the authors names in white print. On the spine in white print on a brown background are the abbreviated title, author's surname and publisher's name. On the back cover is a coloured photo of a group of nurses outside hospital entrance c.2004 on brown background.non-fictionThis a comprehensive history of nursing at Melbourne's St Vincent's Hospital. It documents the transformation of nursing practice and education since the hospital's opening in 1893.st vincent's hospital melbourne, nurses, nursing, hospitals-victoria-history

Illustrated book with blue cover. Title (white and black ink) and author's name are printed on the front cover along with a black and white photograph of a woman wearing glasses in a trained nurse's uniform with veil (Jean Headberry [ca.1950]) On the back cover the words 'A life of Service' are printed in white along with six black and white photographs of aspects of Jean Headberry's lifenon-fictionBiography of Jean Evelyn Headberry, Alfred Hospital nursing graduate, army nurse, and later Dean of the Melbourne School of Nursingjean evelyn headberry 1911-1993, melbourne school of nursing-history, nurses-victoria-biography, nurses-in-service training-victoria-history, nursing -education-victoria-history

Illustrated book with brown cloth binding, Alfred hospital logo embossed in gilt on front cover, title, author's name & publisher's name and mark embossed in gilt on spinenon-fictioncollection of biographies of contributors to medicine from ancient times to the 1940'smedicine-history, medicine-biography

Illustrated hardcover book with dustjacket. Book has a maroon cover with abbreviated title, authors names and illustration of a nurse in gold print on spine. Dust jacket is pink with white panels at top and bottom. Title is printed in maroon and black ink on front top panel, and authors names printed in blue ink on bottom front panel. Four portrait sketches of various nurses in small white ovals appear on the pink area of both front and back covers. Abbreviated title and authors names are printed in black ink on spine, along with coloured illustration of nurse.non-fictionCommencing with the rudimentary nursing arrangements of the mid 19th century Victoria, this book examines the gradual introduction of new concepts of nursing the sick and revolutionary approaches to the organisation of the nascent profession.royal australian nursing federation-victorian branch-history, nursing education-victoria-history, nurses-victoria-history