Historical information

Lecture notes on Materia Medica or pharmacology for nurse training in the 1950’s at the Alfred Hospital.

Significance

Used by Alfred Hospital nurses

Physical description

A cream coloured foolscap sized set of lecture notes

Inscriptions & markings

On centre of cover is a blue oval stamp. Inside the stamp at the top is Alfred Hospital, under this is an embellishment, under this is Materia Medica, under this is a line of dots all in blue ink stamp. On the blue dots in blue ink is written N.J. Stodden. Inside the oval stamp is written in blue ink March 1956. Below the blue stamp is written Group ‘K’. At top right hand side of the cover in black ink is 312.08. Below this in blue ink is written Glaucoma (p13), under this Vertigo ? (P 15), under this (Nse Howlett has Medical Notes). Below this in black pencil is 202610.026.
On the lower third of the front cover are various doodles in blue ink and at bottom right of the cover in blue ink is an unreadable number.
Down the left hand side are four marks where staples have been removed.