Physical description

Illustrated book with dustjacket. Book has a red cover, with title, author's surname and publisher's name embossed in gold on spine. Dust jacket has a light blue background, title and publishers name printed in black ink on front and spine. Author's name printed in red ink on front and spine of dustjacket

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

At the bottom of the front-end page is a printed black and white donation sticker: black Maltese cross in circle, "This book was donated to Alfred Archival Association Nursing Division by "Marjorie Connor (handwritten in black ink). previous catalogue number is written in black ink on this label. Marjorie Connor had also written her name in pencil on this page.

Summary

A history of nursing from the earliest times up to 1949, from an international standpoint. It also traces the development of various special branches of nursing, e.g. pyschiatric and public health nursing