M0006541EB: Portrait of Janet Porter, head nurse at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary / M0006541EC: Old surgical hospital, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh / M0006541ED: East fa?ade of the University of Edinburgh

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Three images on one negative:- Reproduction of a photograph of Janet Porter (1810-1890), head nurse at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary who worked with Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister (1827-1912), British surgeon. The photograph is from a portrait presented to the Royal Infirmary by members of the nursing staff upon Porter's death. The reproduction is from an unknown publication.- Photograph of the exterior of the old surgical hospital, an extension to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.- Drawing of the east façade of the University of Edinburgh Old College, as built in 1827. The work is from an unknown source.

M0006541EB: Portrait of Janet Porter, head nurse at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary / M0006541EC: Old surgical hospital, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh / M0006541ED: East façade of the University of Edinburgh

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M0006541EB: Portrait of Janet Porter, head nurse at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary / M0006541EC: Old surgical hospital, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh / M0006541ED: East façade of the University of Edinburgh

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