Notes on nursing
Subtitle: what it is, and what it is not
By: by Florence Nightingale
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Company
Published: 1946
Place of publication: Philadelphia; Montreal
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 79
Subjects: Nursing; Caregivers
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: London : Harrison, 1859.
"Facsimile of the First Edition, printed in London, 1859." - Title page verso.
To make available the first book on nursing by the founder of all modern nursing, Florence Nightingale, the original English edition of "Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not" has been reproduced in facsimile in 1946, eighty-seven years after its first issuance. Its basic discussion of bedside nursing, its sprightly comment, its common-sense evaluations, all preserve a distinguished background to nursing and will be read and made a valuable part of any nurse's armamentarium. The appearance of this facsimile reprint is the culmination of an initial suggestion from Helen G. McClelland, Director of Nursing of the Pennsylvania Hospital, plus the present scarcity of the first edition, which appeared in London over the Harrison imprint in 1859. The first available American edition followed in 1860 over the imprint of D. Appleton and Company. This facsimile has been reproduced from the copy in the Rare Book Room of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., and the original date and other details have been checked with the Library of the British Museum in London. - The story of this reprint.
Table of contents: title: The story of this reprint; title: Foreword / Annie W. Goodrich; title: Preface; title: Ventilation and warming; title: Health of houses; title: Petty management; title: Noise; title: Variety; title: Taking food; title: What food?; title: Bed and bedding; title: Light; title: Cleanliness of rooms and walls; title: Personal cleanliness; title: Chattering hopes and advices; title: Observation of the sick; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix.; title: Table A : Great Britain : Ages; title: Table B : Aged 20 years, and upwards; title: Note as to the number of women employed as nurses in Great Britain