Physical description

Illustrated book with dustjacket. Book is bound in dark blue cloth, with tile, authors name and publishers mark printed in gilt on spine. Dust jacket has mid blue background with title and authors name in white print on front and spine. Also on front is a sketch in white of the hospital [ca.1885], and a black and white photograph of the hospital [ca.1969]

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 'AHNL (handwritten in ink) Also previous catalogue number handwritten in ink. Stamp in red ink 'Caravaggio's bookshop, 3 Lorne St - 228 Queen St, Auckland N.Z. Blue sticker with white printing News Berkelouw

Summary

A history of Prince Henry's Hospital from its beginnings as the Melbourne Homeopathic Dispensary in Collins St in 1869 A move in 1876 to Spring St allowed for enlargement and transformation into the Melbourne Homeopathic Hospital Relocation to St Kilda Rd site in 1885 and name change to Prince Henry's Hospital in 1934. The book continues to relate the development of a modern teaching hospital up to 1969