Physical description

Illustrated book with dustjacket. Book has an olive green cover with title, author's surname, publishe's name and mark embossed in silver on the spine. Dust jacket has a yellow background with dark and light olive print. On the front cover is an illustration of a woman with a baby ('On the wallby track' 1896 by Frederick McCubbin)Title is printed above, and author's name below this illustration. Title, author's surname , publisher's name and mark are also printed on the spine

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

At the bottom right 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' Audrey Morwick. (handwritten in blue ink along with the previous catalogue number).At the top right of this page is a thick black ink line

Summary

A record of the development of medical care in Australia from the First Fleet to the late nineteenth century.