Author: Mark Connelly
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0861933273
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This title seeks to question the modern idea that the Great War was regarded as a futile waste of life by British society in the disillusioned twenties and thirties. It concentrates on the planning of, fund-raising for, and erection of war memorials.
The Great War, Memory and Ritual
Author: Mark Connelly
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0861933273
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This title seeks to question the modern idea that the Great War was regarded as a futile waste of life by British society in the disillusioned twenties and thirties. It concentrates on the planning of, fund-raising for, and erection of war memorials.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0861933273
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This title seeks to question the modern idea that the Great War was regarded as a futile waste of life by British society in the disillusioned twenties and thirties. It concentrates on the planning of, fund-raising for, and erection of war memorials.
A Brief History of Florence Nightingale
Author: Hugh Small
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 147214029X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Praise for Small's earlier work on Nightingale: 'Hugh Small, in a masterly piece of historical detective work, convincingly demonstrates what all previous historians and biographers have missed . . . This is a compelling psychological portrait of a very eminent (and complex) Victorian.' James Le Fanu, Daily Telegraph Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) is best known as a reformer of hospital nursing during and after the Crimean War, but many feel that her nursing reputation has been overstated. A Brief History of Florence Nightingale tells the story of the sanitary disaster in her wartime hospital and why the government covered it up against her wishes. After the war she worked to put the lessons of the tragedy to good use to reduce the very high mortality from epidemic disease in the civilian population at home. She did this by persuading Parliament in 1872 to pass laws which required landlords to improve sanitation in working-class homes, and to give local authorities rather than central government the power to enforce the laws. Life expectancy increased dramatically as a result, and it was this peacetime civilian public health reform rather than her wartime hospital nursing record that established Nightingale's reputation in her lifetime. After her death the wartime image became popular again as a means of recruiting hospital nurses and her other achievements were almost forgotten. Today, with nursing's new emphasis on 'primary' care and prevention outside hospitals, Nightingale's focus on public health achievements makes her an increasingly relevant figure.
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 147214029X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Praise for Small's earlier work on Nightingale: 'Hugh Small, in a masterly piece of historical detective work, convincingly demonstrates what all previous historians and biographers have missed . . . This is a compelling psychological portrait of a very eminent (and complex) Victorian.' James Le Fanu, Daily Telegraph Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) is best known as a reformer of hospital nursing during and after the Crimean War, but many feel that her nursing reputation has been overstated. A Brief History of Florence Nightingale tells the story of the sanitary disaster in her wartime hospital and why the government covered it up against her wishes. After the war she worked to put the lessons of the tragedy to good use to reduce the very high mortality from epidemic disease in the civilian population at home. She did this by persuading Parliament in 1872 to pass laws which required landlords to improve sanitation in working-class homes, and to give local authorities rather than central government the power to enforce the laws. Life expectancy increased dramatically as a result, and it was this peacetime civilian public health reform rather than her wartime hospital nursing record that established Nightingale's reputation in her lifetime. After her death the wartime image became popular again as a means of recruiting hospital nurses and her other achievements were almost forgotten. Today, with nursing's new emphasis on 'primary' care and prevention outside hospitals, Nightingale's focus on public health achievements makes her an increasingly relevant figure.
The Hospital
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Category : Hospital care
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Vol. 14-41 have separately paged nursing section.
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Category : Hospital care
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Vol. 14-41 have separately paged nursing section.
The Little History of the East End
Author: Dee Gordon
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750995785
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
The modern history of London's East End has been well-documented – but what of its ancient roots? From embryonic beginnings in the Stone Age, through Roman rule and civil wars, all the way to its jam-packed twentieth-century timeline, the East End has always been a place of innovation, diversity and change. Written by an East Ender with a love of her roots, The Little History of the East End is an engaging look at the area's history through the people that made it, one that will enthral and surprise both residents and visitors alike.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750995785
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
The modern history of London's East End has been well-documented – but what of its ancient roots? From embryonic beginnings in the Stone Age, through Roman rule and civil wars, all the way to its jam-packed twentieth-century timeline, the East End has always been a place of innovation, diversity and change. Written by an East Ender with a love of her roots, The Little History of the East End is an engaging look at the area's history through the people that made it, one that will enthral and surprise both residents and visitors alike.
A History of the County of Essex
Author: W.P.. Powell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780197227701
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780197227701
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Lancet
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
Official Index to the Times
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Category : Times (London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Indexes the Times, Sunday times and magazine, Times literary supplement, Times educational supplement, Times educational supplement Scotland, and the Times higher education supplement.
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Category : Times (London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Indexes the Times, Sunday times and magazine, Times literary supplement, Times educational supplement, Times educational supplement Scotland, and the Times higher education supplement.
British Medical Journal
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British Museum Library
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1586
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1586
Book Description
A History of Plastic Surgery
Author: Paolo Santoni-Rugiu
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540462414
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
This book covers the history of plastic surgery from the remarkable achievements of such ancient civilizations as India and Egypt up to the revolutionary techniques developed at the end of the Middle Age, the Renaissance and beyond. Coverage details how the knowledge of wound healing has changed and influenced plastic surgery, describes the development of various surgical reconstructive procedures and details the birth of Cosmetic Surgery.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540462414
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
This book covers the history of plastic surgery from the remarkable achievements of such ancient civilizations as India and Egypt up to the revolutionary techniques developed at the end of the Middle Age, the Renaissance and beyond. Coverage details how the knowledge of wound healing has changed and influenced plastic surgery, describes the development of various surgical reconstructive procedures and details the birth of Cosmetic Surgery.