A New History of Nursing for Training School Classes and for Hospital and Personal Libraries

A Short History of Nursing

From the Earliest Times to the Present Day

By LAVINIA L. DOCK, R. N.

Secretary, International Council of Nurses
In Collaboration with

ISABEL MAITLAND STEWART, A. M., R. N.

Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing and Health, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York
12mo. Price, $3.50

This new volume has been prepared especially for the use of student nurses. It is, in effect, a condensation of the four volumes of the larger History of Nursing, prepared by Miss Dock in collaboration with Miss Nutting, a work which has been considered standard on the subject, but which, by its very nature, was too elaborate for class use. This condition has now been overcome by condensation into this single, comprehensive, inexpensive volume of all the salient facts of the larger work.

It is generally believed that the best place in the nursing curriculum for the History of Nursing is in the early part of the first year, when the student is just beginning to form her conception of nursing, and

is being initiated into its traditions. It is hoped that this story of her very ancient and honorable vocation will serve to fire her zeal and to strengthen her purpose, and that the examples cf many distinguished nursing leaders of the past will help her better to understand and carry on the splendid traditions which they have established.

The many excellent features of this Short History of Nursing will inevitably bring it into use in a very great number of Hospital Training Schools; it should, of course, be in the library of every Hospital which does not maintain a Training School. It is believed that it will be found to be

The Best Volume on This Important Subject
The publishers will willingly send a copy of A Short History of Nursing for examination with reference to
training-class use to any Hospital which conducts a Training School. Applications should be on the letterhead
of the institution, and signed by the Superintendent or the Head of the School. To Hospitals without training
classes, the volume will be sent on approval with memorandum bill. The charge will be cancelled if the volume
is not desired, and is returned within thirty days.

Our extra quality DURCO CAMBRIC.
Finer than muslin with a cambric finish.
A cloth that will wear well, laundry well and
always look well. A regular $6.00 value at

$5.00 Each, OR 3 FOR $13.50

Send for Folder showing our Semi-Dresses and Nurses' Utility Aprons

Barrel and Plunger are ground to an exact fit and
tested against leakage under pressure. The (pat-
ented) "Spring-Plunger-Holder" automatically holds
the plunger stationary at any point of graduation.
Ask for copy of "The LUER Syringe" booklet

Becton, Dickinson & Company

If LUER Syringes are not readily obtainable from
your dealer, send us his name and a

list of your requirements.

Rutherford,

New Jersey

Makers of B-D Fever Thermometers, LUER Syringes
YALE Needles, and ACE Bandages