The certificate states that Joan Mary D'Arch was successful in anatomy and physiology, hygiene and junior general nursing in the first professional examinations in the first year of her training at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne.The certificate is signed in black ink by Nurses Board Registrar E. Pitchford SRNst vincent's hospital melbourne, nurse training., nurses board melbourne, joan mary d'arch, miss elsie pitchford srn

The custom made re-usable surgical mask would have been used in hospital settings where infection control was vital and prior to the introduction of disposable mask. surgical mask, surgical nursing, st vincent's hospital melbourne, joan mary d'arch