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Letter from Florence Nightingale to Mr. Rawlinson about his review of her publication
This letter was written to thank Mr. Rawlinson for his suggestions and articles that he supplied to Florence so that she would be able to include up-to-date information in the second edition of her publication “Introductory Notes on Lying-In Institutions”. This book discussed proper procedures and facilities needed in maternity wards. Mr. Rawlinson was most likely Sir Robert Rawlinson (1810-1898), a civil engineer.
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Letter from Florence Nightingale to Dr. McPherson about delivering supplies
This letter requests that two bundles of donated clothing be delivered to two invalid soldiers who were patients. She also stated that she had a few pairs of slippers for those who needed them and newspapers for those who wished to read.
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Letter from Florence Nightingale to Mr. Dean about her authored report
Letter asking permission to send a copy of Nightingale’s Report to the War Office to a Mr. Dean. Nightingale shared that the report was confidential and not for the general public. She also states that some recommended reforms were complete while others were ongoing. Miss Nightingale also mentioned that she financed the publication of the report.
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Letter written by Florence Nightingale regarding lodging for a Mrs. Tugwood
This letter to an unknown recipient discussed an advertisement for lodging for a Mrs. Tugwood and whether funding for publishing this advertisement could come from the Governess' Aid Society. This letter was written while Nightingale was superintendant of the Institute for the Care of Sick Gentlewomen in London.
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Letter from Florence Nightingale to Mrs. Hilyard
This letter was written to let the recipient know that accommodations for a Mrs. Tugwood were not needed, as she would stay with Nightingale (at the hospital?) until moving to a convalescent institution in the following week. This letter was written while Nightingale was superintendant of the Institute for the Care of Sick Gentlewomen in London.
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Letter from Florence Nightingale to Dean Milman asking for his opinion of an Army report
Letter to Dean Milman of Wayne State University, asking for an unbiased opinion of an article called “The Sanitary Commission of the Army”, published in the Westminster Review in 1859. Miss Nightingale felt the original reviewer would not take the task seriously. She also offered to send her own report and requested an alternative person to supply a review, if Dean Milman is unable to assist. Miss Nightingale’s concerns were of soldiers stationed in India during the Crimean War, and their med…
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Letter from Florence Nightingale to Dr. W. Gill Wylie about the role and significance of nurses
In this letter to Dr. W. Gill Wylie, Florence Nightingale speaks at length of the role that nurses play in the medical care of patients. She makes a point of saying that nurses are there to carry out the orders of doctors and surgeons; that they are not medical men nor medical women. She also states that it is her belief that nurses should be under the direction of a Matron, one who was very familiar with nurses and their management, as well as nursing procedures. Nightingale felt it was not …
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Glenn Wilcox, 148 Avalon, Highland Park, presents a … buy approximately 11 wheel chairs to Betty Schafets … varsity Red Cross unit. The money was raised by way … students in their performance of 'Star and Tartar ... of the Share with a Chair' Campaign for Percy Jones ... drive for additional chairs will continue all this ....
A man presents a check to a nurse in front of a row of wheelchairs. Captioning is half missing.
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Wayne University students and faculty took part in the state's blood-typing program.
A nurse draws blood while two women look on.
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Base Hosp. #17, Largest. Ward - Hospital at Dijon. This was formerly a riding ring.
Soldiers in hospital beds.
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Red Cross flag presented to Det. College [of] Medicine & Surgery June 1917, Base Hospital by students of Det. Coll. Of Medicine. Base Hosp. - 1st World War.
36th Hosp. Unit. [36th General Hospital]. From scrapbook in School of Med. Collection.
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Ceremony of presenting Red Cross flag to Dr. B.R. Shurley, Commander of Det. School of Medicine & Surgery Base. Hospital, 1917, (WWI) Scene on Cadillac Sq.
7th Base Hospital. A crowd gathers outside Cadillac Square. American flags are present in the crowd and on the building's façade. From Scrapbook in School of Medicine Collection.
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Nurses in Dijon, France, World War I.
Scrapbook page (2 of 2) featuring three photos. Top photo caption: Hostess serving tea in Red Cross Hall. Middle photo (a portrait of three nurses) caption: Louise Haley and Mary Vandomelen, Graduates of School in Grand Rapids. Bottom photo (also of nurses) caption: Johanna Ericson, Mary Van Domelen.
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Detroit's Hospital Unit Cleans Up French Town.
A scrapbook page (1 of 2) featuring a newspaper clipping and a postcard of a villa in Dijon. Base Hospital #17 in Dijon, France, 1917.
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Detroit's Hospital Unit Cleans Up French Town.
A scrapbook page (2 of 2) featuring a newspaper clipping and a photograph of Base Hospital #17 in Dijon, France, 1917.
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Nurses in Dijon, France, World War I.
Scrapbook page (1 of 2) featuring two photographs of soldiers in hospital beds and nurses with two names mentioned, Emily McLaughlin and Thamie (sp?) DuPaul.
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Red Cross blood donations.
Two women and one man with bandages indicating they just donated blood. They are at the refreshments table.
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Left to right - Pvt. Leonard Koselke; Pvt. Robert H. Tallman; Pvt. Jas. E. Murphy; Pvt. Frederick F. Snell; Pvt. Raymond J. Rudinger. Patient - Jet B. Blackout, 17th General Hospital, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, October 1942.
A group of soldiers and a patient lavish attention on a black puppy.
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Col. Henry R. Carstens, M.C., Commanding Officer 17th General Hospital, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin February 1943.
An Army Colonel pushes paper at his desk.
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The Doughnut & Coffee line at the Red Cross Center at Camp Carlisle.
Nurses at a Red Cross tent, 36th General Hospital.