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Before the start of the 19th century, there were many problems existing within the French medical system. These problems were outlined by many seeking to reform hospitals including a contemporary surgeon Jacques Tenon in his book Memoirs on Paris Hospitals.
Professionalization of nursing in France came in the late 19th and early 20th century. In 1870 France's 1,500 hospitals were operated by 11,000 Catholic sisters; by 1911 there were 15,000 nuns representing over 200 religious orders. Government policy after 1900 was to secularize public institutions, and diminish the role the Catholic Churches.
Religious organizations were the care providers. [1] 55 AD – Phoebe was nursing history's Christian first nurse and most noted deaconess. [2] 300 – Entry of Christian women into nursing. [3] c. 390 AD – The first general hospital was established in Rome by Saint Fabiola. [4] c. 620 AD – Rufaida Al-Aslamia became the first Muslim nurse.
New York Nightingales: the emergence of the nursing profession at Bellevue and New York hospital, 1850-1920 (UMI, 1981) Nelson, Sioban. Say Little, Do Much: Nurses, Nuns, and Hospitals in the Nineteenth Century (U of Pennsylvania Press, 2001). Olson, Tom Craig, and Eileen Walsh.
Hospitals established in the 1890s (10 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Hospitals established in the 19th century" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Hospitals that started with a charitable mission are reneging on their commitments, critics charge. ... For more than a century, a Catholic hospital now named Saint Alphonsus Medical Center has ...
Florence Nightingale (/ ˈ n aɪ t ɪ ŋ ɡ eɪ l /; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing.Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople. [4]
1840 – Settlement of New Zealand as a colony and the establishment of state hospitals. [3] 1841 – People considered to be mentally ill were considered criminals. The first case of insanity in New Zealand's society was recorded in 1841. [7] 1847 – Wellington Hospital was established, The first New Zealand Hospital. [8]