Medical nursing : notes of lectures given to the probationers at the London Hospital / by the late James Anderson ; edited by Ethel F. Lamport ; with an introductory biographical notice by Sir Andrew Clark.

  • Anderson, James (1853-1893)
Date:
1894
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Credit: Medical nursing : notes of lectures given to the probationers at the London Hospital / by the late James Anderson ; edited by Ethel F. Lamport ; with an introductory biographical notice by Sir Andrew Clark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    MEDICAL NURSING. LECTURE I. Introductory. I am asked to give the concluding course of lectures, that is a series on Elementary Physiology and Medical Nursing. Hence I take it for granted that my audience has heard the two previous sets of lec- tures on “ Nursing” and on “ Elementary Anatomy and Surgical Nursing.” This both lessens and in- creases my responsibility. It lessens it because other teachers share my responsibility. It increases it because I am last, and have therefore to address a more critical audience. I shall not, however, at- tempt any formal finish or ex cathedra dignity in my lectures, but hope that they will rather pertain to a pleasant conversation as between friends. In my syllabus I have been bold enough to an- nounce that in the first lecture I would define the medical nurse, and also give some reasons why she should know some elementary physiology. Medical nursing differs from surgical in certain points and to many will probably appear less interesting. In the third year of their curriculum most medical B