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
Since 1918, Adam, Rouilly & Co has supplied innovative clinical skills simulators, skeletons, anatomical models & charts to medical education worldwide.

Physical description

Coloured educational chart of the Digestive System. Off white paper with canvas backing, wooden header and footer. Eight coloured drawings labeled I to VI with numbered parts. The main drawing is of the whole digestive system with arrows showing movement through the system. The smaller drawings around the main are details of various parts and one shows the action of swallowing. Printed at lower left - PRINTED IN CANADA
Printed on a label on the rear of the header - Adam, Rouilly & Co LTD. Shropshire House, 179 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1.