Historical information

It is a medical parody of Rudyard Kipling’s famous poem "If—", rewritten to highlight the patience and resilience required in the nursing profession

Significance

An example of nursing humour

Physical description

Printed card, off-white background. Underneath a black and white illustration of a woman wearing a nurse's veil, title in red ink, main body of poem in black ink with two red 'Ifs'. and a statement in red at the base. Card has been mounted on a piece of wood, and fixed to brown carboard with stand

Inscriptions & markings

On the backing cardboard is a stamp reading "A LITTLE REMEMBERANCE/ From......." [black ink] and previous catalogue number [black ink}