One of the textbooks used by Margaret Glennen during her nurse training at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne which included the history and evolution of nursing and its practices to the time of 1937. Medical and surgical techniques, materia medica, midwifery and children's nursing, many illnesses or diseases that nurses may encounter in hospital and other settings. The book includes photographed or illustrations of smallpox, tuberculosis of lung and types of splints and more. Inside cover is handwritten "Nurse M Glennen, St Vincents Hospital." margaret glennen, m.t. gordon pugh m.d, st vincent's hospital melbourne nurse training, fairfield hospital melbourne, invalid convalescent and home cookery