British hospitals / A.G.L. Ives ; with 4 plates in colour and 26 illustrations in black & white.

Main entry:

Ives, A. G. L. (Arthur Glendinning Loveless), 1904- author.

Title & Author:

British hospitals / A.G.L. Ives ; with 4 plates in colour and 26 illustrations in black & white.

Publication:

London : Collins, MCMXLVIII [1948]

Description:

49 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour).

Series:

Britain in pictures ; [131]
The British people in pictures

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 50).
Introductory -- Christian piety: the mediaeval scene -- The Royal Hospitals and the dawn of scientific medicine -- The voluntary hospitals of the eighteenth century -- 1850: the Nightingale era -- The turn of the century -- The impact of science upon the hospitals -- Short bibliography.

Summary:

Lizzie's family is suffering hard times during the Depression until long-lost Grandpa Jake appears on their doorstep and generates some needed changes.

Subject:

Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910.
Hospitals Great Britain History.
Nursing History.
Hospitals history
Hôpitaux Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Hospitals
Nursing
Hospitals Great Britain
United Kingdom
Great Britain

Form/genre:

History
Books.
Dust jackets (Binding) England London 20th century. UkReU
Publishers' paper bindings (Binding) England London 20th century. UkReU

Added entries:

Britain in pictures ; 131.
British people in pictures.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 19463
Call No.: W4242; ID:87-B6648
Status: Available

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