The Boston Floating Hospital
Subtitle: how a Boston harbor barge changed the course of pediatric medicine : the first one hundred years
By: Lucie Prinz ; with Jacoba Van Schaik
Contributors: Van Schaik, Jacoba
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Tufts Medical Center; Union Park Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9781934598153
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: History; Children; Hospitals; Hospital ships; Boston Floating Hospital; Boston Floating Hospital for Infants and Children
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-163) and index.
Table of contents: title: Victorian Boston; title: Founding efforts: raising money and fulfilling the mandate; title: Turn of the century: a new era for the Boston Floating hospital; title: Milk: the perfect food; title: Medical breakthroughs at the Boston Floating Hospital; title: Nurses: the heart of the hospital; title: Changing with the times; title: The Boston Floating Hospital and families; title: Anchoring the Boston Floating Hospital; title: Post script; title: List of Boston Floating Hospital chiefs.