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The early history of nurses suffers from a lack of source material, but nursing in general has long been an extension of the wet-nurse function of women. [3] [4]Buddhist Indian ruler (268 BC to 232 BC) Ashoka erected a series of pillars, which included an edict ordering hospitals to be built along the routes of travelers, and that they be "well provided with instruments and medicine ...
American Nursing: A History of Knowledge, Authority, and the Meaning of Work (2010), 272pp excerpt and text search; D'Antonio, Patricia O’Brien. "Historiographic Essay: The legacy of domesticity: nursing in early nineteenth-century America." Nursing History Review1.1 (1993): 229-246. Dawley, Katy.
The 18th century was considered the Age of Reason.A lot of myths were contradicted by scientific fact. [7] Jamaican "doctresses" such as Cubah Cornwallis, Sarah Adams and Grace Donne, the mistress and healer to Jamaica's most successful planter, Simon Taylor, had great success using hygiene and herbs to heal the sick and wounded.
In the 19th and early 20th century, nursing was considered a woman's profession, just as doctoring was a profession for men. With increasing expectations of workplace equality during the late 20th century, nursing became an officially gender-neutral profession, though in practice the percentage of male nurses remained well below that of female ...
Santos, E.V. and Stainbrook, E. "A History of Psychiatric Nursing in the 19th Century," Journal of the History of Medicine (1949) 4#1 pp 48–74. Scull, A. Museums of Madness: The Social Organisation of Insanity in 19th Century England (1979) London: Allen Lane. Smith, F.B. The Peoples Health 1830–1910 (Croom Helm, 1979)
Sister Dora (1832–1878), British 19th century nurse Ellen Dougherty (1844–1919), first professionally trained Registered Nurse in New Zealand Rosalie Dreyer (1895–1987) Swiss-born, naturalized British nurse and administrator who led the conversion from a volunteer service to the profession of nursing in Britain
Nursing in Australia is a healthcare profession. Nurses and midwives form the majority (54%) ... (1854–1932) in the late 19th century. ...
Religion was a particular source of tension as Lucy Osburn instituted practices similar to that of High Church nursing orders despite Sydney Infirmary being a secular institution. As it was a time of heightened tensions between Roman Catholics and Protestants, the fear that she was secretly introducing Catholic practices was potent. [ 1 ]