Physical description

illustrated hardcover book with dust jacket. Book is bound in white, Melbourne's Mercy in gilt on front cover, Melbourne's Mercy, authors surname and publisher's mark in gilt on spine. Dust jacket has a white background, with full title and authors full name on front, Melbourne's Mercy, authors surname and publisher's mark on spine. Also on front cover is a photograph of the hospital [ca.1990]. On the back cover there is a coloured photograph of the Bronze Dove sculpture (crafted by Flynn Silver, Kyneton)

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Printed black and white donation sticker: black Maltese cross in circle, "This book was donated to Alfred Archival Association Nursing Division by" Vivienne Lowe (handwritten in ink) Also previous catalogue number handwritten in ink and Viv Lowe's signature top right-hand corner of second page

Summary

This illustrated book is a history of the Mercy private Hospital in Melbourne. It describes the work of the Sisters of Mercy, first at St Benedict's hospital Malvern (opened 1920) and then from December 1934 at the Mercy Private Hospital in East Melbourne. Also included is a history of the Mercy Maternity Hospiital, that opened in East Melbourne in 1971. The period covered by the book extends to the mid 1980's. The text is enlivened by anecdotes of doctors, nurses, other staff and patients