Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/, http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Dame (Mary) Rosalind Paget
London Hospital
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Employer | Laura Ormiston Chant | On leaving school, Laura Ormiston Dibbin briefly joined her family at Bruton in Somerset. She then took a teaching position at Huddersfield in Yorkshire, but found both the job and the climate too demanding... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Eleanor Rathbone | Another of ER
's cousins, Rosalind Paget
, was a nurse at the London Hospital
and became a co-founder of the Midwives' Institute
(Royal College of Midwives
), which was established in 1881. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Helen Mathers | The son of a naval architect, Henry Reeves was born at Calcutta in India. He was educated at the grammar school at St Albans and at the Middlesex Hospital in London, and it... |
| Occupation | Catherine Marsh | On learning that a cholera epidemic in the East End of London was overcrowding the London Hospital
, CM
left at once for London. There she prayed with dying people and assured parents that their... |
| Textual Production | Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda | Their letter, which was published on 30 March, was a response to previous correspondence from Sir James Purves-Stewart
, Senior Physician at Westminster Hospital
. He had written that new women medical students should not... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Florence Nightingale | This letter makes an appeal for funds for the London Hospital
. Bishop, William John, and Sue Goldie. A Bio-Bibliography of Florence Nightingale. Dawsons for the International Council of Nurses, 1962. 99 |
Timeline
1740
The London Infirmary
opened: it became the London Hospital during the 1750s, and was later known as the hospital where Eva Lückes
was Matron.
27 October 1785
The London Hospital Medical College
, established this year, opened its operating theatre.
September 1876
Eva Lückes
entered Middlesex Hospital
as a paying probationer; she became a certified nurse less than two years later.
4 October 1880
Eva Lückes
assumed the position of Matron at the London Hospital
, where she radically improved the training system for nurses.
1884
Training lectures by Eva Lückes
, Matron of the London Hospital
, published as General Nursing, outlined her innovative methods.
1886
Under the directorship of Eva Lückes
, the London Hospital
opened a nurses' home, demonstrating an increased respect for the profession within the hospital system.
1886
Under the directorship of Eva Lückes
, the London Hospital
opened a nurses' home, demonstrating an increased respect for the profession within the hospital system.
1922
The London Hospital ceased training women as doctors.
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