Publisher's Synopsis
'the authoritative history of the subject' - Garrison and Morton's Medical Bibliography
Nutting and Dock's 4-volume study stands as one of the great works on the history of nursing. Now very scarce, but still regarded as an indispensable resource, it belongs in all serious libraries of the history of medicine.
Mary Adelaide Nutting (1858-1948) was a renowned American nursing educator and writer. She strongly advocated university education for nurses and was herself the first ever professor of nursing. Aside from the History she wrote many works on the educational and economic aspects of nursing. Lavinia Lloyd Dock (1858-1956), her co-author for the first two volumes, was Secretary of the International Council of Nurses for more than 20 years and an accomplished activist in the advancement of nursing. She wrote extensively on nursing matters, in particular as an ardent advocate of legislation to control nursing practice.
The writing of the History was an enormous undertaking. Covering both American and English history, volumes 1 and 2 are concerned with the evolution of nursing systems, tracing the developments from the earliest times to the foundation of the first English and American training schools for nurses. Volumes 3 and 4, edited by Dock alone, make special reference to the period 1880-1910. The work will be invaluable for any historian of medicine, specialists in women's history and scholars of social welfare. Those interested in the work of Florence Nightingale will find particularly useful its coverage of the important mid-19th century period and the advent of Nightingale training schools for nurses.
-still the most authoritative history of nursing
-uncommon work, long out of print
-describes the history of English and American nursing systems up until 1912
-b&w illustrations
Nutting and Dock's 4-volume study stands as one of the great works on the history of nursing. Now very scarce, but still regarded as an indispensable resource, it belongs in all serious libraries of the history of medicine.
Mary Adelaide Nutting (1858-1948) was a renowned American nursing educator and writer. She strongly advocated university education for nurses and was herself the first ever professor of nursing. Aside from the History she wrote many works on the educational and economic aspects of nursing. Lavinia Lloyd Dock (1858-1956), her co-author for the first two volumes, was Secretary of the International Council of Nurses for more than 20 years and an accomplished activist in the advancement of nursing. She wrote extensively on nursing matters, in particular as an ardent advocate of legislation to control nursing practice.
The writing of the History was an enormous undertaking. Covering both American and English history, volumes 1 and 2 are concerned with the evolution of nursing systems, tracing the developments from the earliest times to the foundation of the first English and American training schools for nurses. Volumes 3 and 4, edited by Dock alone, make special reference to the period 1880-1910. The work will be invaluable for any historian of medicine, specialists in women's history and scholars of social welfare. Those interested in the work of Florence Nightingale will find particularly useful its coverage of the important mid-19th century period and the advent of Nightingale training schools for nurses.
-still the most authoritative history of nursing
-uncommon work, long out of print
-describes the history of English and American nursing systems up until 1912
-b&w illustrations
