Nurses Collection (page 15)

Uniforms of state registered nurses
Pictured on the left a Cambridge blue washing dress, on the right a blue woollen mess dress

Nurses waiting to travel to the coast to prepare for the rec
London Hospital nurses at Charing Cross station ready to travel to the aid of casualties of the First World War

Florence Nightingale visiting the Hut Hospitals, at Balaclav
Born in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father. Although it was not deemed suitable for ladies of Florences social standing to become

Nurses decorated with the Royal Red Cross
Nurses, from left, Sister Edith King, Sister Louisa Mackay and Sister Emma Durham were awarded the Royal Red Cross, by Queen Victoria for their exceptional service in the nursing profession

Nurses at work in a hospital at Scutari
38 nurses departed with Florence Nightingale for the Barrack Hospital in Scutari, during the Crimean War (1854-1856). They were sent, against doctors wishes, to assist with the medical support

Taking the veil in the Red Cross Service
A French nurse entering her novitiate, preparing for her probationary training. Nurses went through initial training examinations to qualify as a infirmiere

Uniforms for assistant nurses
Pictured on the left, a single-breasted dark green serge suit, on the right a dark green overcoat. Uniforms designed for state enrolled assistant nurses

Equipment being prepared by Red Cross nurses
Bedding and camp equipment being packed for the field. The Duke of Devonshire donated the whole ground floor of Devonshire house in Piccadilly to the British Red Cross Society to use as its

American Red Cross in France
Red Cross nurses preparing bottles for babies under war conditions

Nurse & Thermometer
A smiling nurse brandishing a thermometer!

Women at War / Medical
British women volunteer for medical work

Matrons Decorate Ward
Two matrons decorate a hospital ward for Christmas

Red Cross in India
Photograph of the Red Cross nurses in Simla

Nurses Abducted
On the Russian front, Germans carry off Russian nurses - true or propaganda ?

Nurse & Wheelchair Boy
A cadet (student) nurse looks after a boy patient, (who has a broken leg in plaster), in a special wheelchair with a leg support. Queen Marys Hospital Sidcup, Kent, England

Nurse / Child 1930S
A nurse plays with a small child in the hospital grounds

Rebecca Nurses Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe is nursed by Rebecca

Red Army First Aid / 1920
First Aid workers of the Red Army in Dinslaken at a time when the German communists were in conflict with the government and right wing extremists

Sunny Park Scene
A group of nurses taking their babies on a trip to the park during the 60s Baby Boom

Nurse & Soldier Patient
A sick soldier is tended to by a nurse

Nurse in Children Ward
A hospital nurse in the childrens ward

Nurse Takes Pulse
A hospital nurse takes the pulse of a patient

Sister Emma Durham, nurse in Africa and elsewhere

Birth of St Edmund / Shaw
This purports to depict the birth of St Edmund, king of East Anglia: in fact he was born at Nuremberg in 841, but this is typical of a 15th century English bedroom

Collecting on Cradle Day
A policeman puts some money in a charity box on Cradle Day in London. Nurses collect money for the babies and infants they care for

Jack and Jill with Margery and Freddy on the hill
Jill shows Margery and Freddy the view from the top of the hill, while Jack sits and nurses his sore head

C19th Nurse / Photo
A vignette style photograph of a young nurse resplendent in her starched uniform

Nurse Reading to Patient
A nurse reads a book to her patient, who is very pleased to have her read to him

French Red Cross / 1908
Nurses of the French Red Cross, posing for a photograph with their patients, otside one of their tents at Casablanca, Morocco

Hospitals / USA / Bellevue
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL, NEW YORK A critical case: a bedside consultation for the benefit of students and nurses

Little Nurse / Kirchner
An elegant young woman in nurses uniform, with her fishnet stockings showing underneath

Anatomy Lesson
Body lines: Hospital nurses studying the bones and muscles, using a model of the human form, at an anatomy class

Baby being Weighed
A nurse making a home visit to weigh a newborn baby

Learning to Drive, Paris
Paris traffic presents problems, even in 1899, so cabbies and bus-drivers learn to avoid jaywalkers, cyclists, dogs, nurses with prams and other hazards of the streets

Invalid on Stretcher
A sick pilgrim on a wheeled stretcher, with family, priest and nurses

Babies in a French nursery run by nuns
Babies in a French maternelle, a day nursery run by nuns

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