Historical information

Educational teaching chart used at the Northern District School of Nursing, Rowan Street, Bendigo.
The Northern District School of Nursing opened in 1950 in to address the issues around nurse recruitment, training and education that had previously been hospital based. The residential school was to provide theoretical and in-house education and practical training over three years. The students would also receive practical hands-on training in the wards of associated hospitals. The Northern District School of Nursing operated from Lister House, Rowan Street, Bendigo. It was the first independent school of nursing in Victoria and continued until it closed in 1989
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Physical description

Coloured educational chart of the Respiratory System. Off white paper with canvas backing, wooden header and footer.-Five coloured drawings labeled A to E with numbered parts and their names underneath. The main drawing A - TOPGRAPHIC ANATOMY OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, four smaller drawings B - FRONTAL SECTION OF THE HUMAN HEAD, C - SAGITTAL SECTION OF HEAD AND CHEST, D - SYMPTOMS OF A COMMON HEAD-COLD WITH SIINUSITIS, E - CROSS-SECTION OF INFLAMED TRACHEA BRONCHI
Printed at lower right - Copyright 1945 by Rudolf Schick, New York City U.S.A. Printed on a label on the rear of the header - Adam, Rouilly & Co LTD. Shropshire House, 179 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1.