Journal - Reprint of article from the Medical Journal of Australia, M S Susman 1898-1988, Lucy Osburn and her five nightingale nurses, 1965

Physical description

Black print on white paper, cover page has details of jounal from which article was reprinted, title and author. Article has had staples removed

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Previous catalogue number handwritten[black ink] at top right of cover page

Summary

Chronicles the arrival of Lucy Osburne (the first Lady Superintendent of Nursing at the Sydney Infirmary) and five other Nighingale nurse in 1868 after a request by Henry Parkes (then NSW Colonial Secretary) to Florence Nightingal for advice. The article provides information about the five other nurses : Mary Barker, Eliza Blundell, Annie Miller, Hadane Turriff and Bessie Chant

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