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The Boston Floating Hospital :how a Boston harbor barge changed the course of pediatric medicine : the first one hundred years /Lucie Prinz ; with Jacoba Van Schaik.

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-303590

Description

177 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Details

Descriptive Terms

History.
Children Hospitals History.
Hospital ships History.

Originator

Prinz, Lucie, 1931-
Van Schaik, Jacoba, author.

Contents

Victorian Boston -- Founding efforts: raising money and fulfilling the mandate -- Turn of the century: a new era for the Boston Floating hospital -- Milk: the perfect food -- Medical breakthroughs at the Boston Floating Hospital -- Nurses: the heart of the hospital -- Changing with the times -- The Boston Floating Hospital and families -- Anchoring the Boston Floating Hospital -- Post script -- List of Boston Floating Hospital chiefs.

Description

177 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Complimentary copy, 2014.

Call Number

Stacks RJ28.B7 P75 2014

Other People and Orgs

Boston Floating Hospital
Boston Floating Hospital for Infants and Children

Places

Massachusetts Boston

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