A New Dictionary for Nurses. Compiled by Lois Oakes.

OAKES, Lois.

Verlag: Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone, 16 and 17 Teviot Place. 1932, 1932

Beschreibung

FIRST EDITION. 12mo, pp. xvii, [i] advertisement, 345, [14] advertisements; Scarce first edition of this handy 'medical dictionary for nurses' prepared, as the compiler states in her preface, 'at the request of the publishers' hoping 'that it will prove of real service to the profession of which I have the honour to be a member'. 'It was the summer of 1939 and World War Two was looming when a chief nursing officer called Lois Oakes decided the time had come to alert the public to the danger of a possible gas attack by the German enemy. So Lois sat down and wrote a detailed account of the precautions that could be taken against gas warfare, including a gas-proof room in houses. And, of course, she also advised that everyone, including children, should never be without a gas mask like the one from wartime in my picture today worn by a girl called 'Mandy'. The enterprising woman published her epistle in a 1939 edition of a Nurses Dictionary Handbook, which she edited. Presumably she also sent her warnings to the newspapers and the BBC Home Service radio station of that time.' (see https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/archive/events/back-then-nazi-gas-raid-fear-sparked-call-for-action-31252397.html) After the exhaustive dictionary the useful appendix give details of 'Diseases with their synonyms', 'Method of working out dosage', 'Interesting and historical medical facts', 'Dietary Tables', before concluding with adverts interleaved with blank 'notes' leaves, which in the present copy have been partially used by the owner, Irene Allen, to add several medical recipes and instructions. OCLC records five copies in the UK, at the Bodleian, Royal College of Nursing, BL and the National libraries of Wales and Scotland, with one further copy in the US, at the National library of Medicine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2190112

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Titel: A New Dictionary for Nurses. Compiled by ...

Verlag: Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone, 16 and 17 Teviot Place. 1932

Erscheinungsdatum: 1932

Einband: Softcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage