Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago, Paperback by Shulman, Stanford T., M…
Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago
Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago In 1886, the state-of-the-art surgery room of Truman W. Miller, MD, in Chicago’s first children’s hospital had no electric lights, no antibiotics, limited equipment, and only the most rudimentary anesthesia. This renowned surgeon served on a voluntary basis as president of an all-volunteer medical staff from 1882 to 1900. The […]
Evanston Hospital School of Nursing
Evanston Hospital School of Nursing Evanston Hospital was founded in 1891, followed by the school of nursing seven years later. Evanston Hospital School of Nursing (EHSN) provided education at a reasonable cost while the students provided care to patients in between studies. In its first 50 years, the school graduated 1,157 nurses, with the first […]
NEW Arcadia Publishing Thomas Nelson Community College, VA 9781467129459 Campus
NEW Arcadia Publishing Thomas Nelson Community College, VA 9781467129459 Campus Thomas Nelson Community College was the first of the Virginia Community Colleges in the Tidewater-Hampton Roads Region. Located in Hampton, Thomas Nelson Community College, for the past half century, has offered transfer and workforce programs to the citizens of the Virginia Peninsula. Since its founding […]
NEW Arcadia Publishing Louisiana State University, LA 9781467110983 Campus Histo
NEW Arcadia Publishing Louisiana State University, LA 9781467110983 Campus Histo Louisiana State University began in 1860 as a small, all-male military school near Pineville. The institution survived the Civil War, Reconstruction politics, and budgetary difficulties to become a nationally and internationally recognized leader in research and teaching. A devastating fire destroyed the campus in 1869, […]
Book UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS Local HISTORY photos events sports people
The book is soft cover and it contains 128 pages. Local California History!
NEW Applewood Books How Girls Can Help Their Country, 9781557095220 Applewood B
NEW Applewood Books How Girls Can Help Their Country, 9781557095220 Applewood B Originally published in 1913, this is a lovely reproduction of the first American Girl Scout Handbook.Author W.J. Hoxie—a naturalist—included tips and tricks for provisioning a camp, tying knots, tending the injured, and telling time by the stars. In 1916, How Girls Can Help […]
Houston’s Sporting Life: 1900-1950 by Vance, Mike
Houston’s Sporting Life: 1900-1950 by Vance, Mike May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less
NEW The History Press The Fantastic Castle of Vineland, NJ 9781609494827 Landmar
NEW The History Press The Fantastic Castle of Vineland, NJ 9781609494827 Landmar At the height of the Great Depression, an eccentric man named George Daynor arrived in Vineland. He was rumored to have amassed a fortune during the gold rush only to lose it in the crash of 1929. Daynor invested in a piece of […]
Murder in Lexington, Virginia, True Crime, Paperback
Murder in Lexington, Virginia, True Crime, Paperback In 1853 Lexington, Virginia, Mary Evelyn Anderson, one of the most beautiful women in the Commonwealth, spurned the advances of a young law student named Charles Burks Christian. Humiliated and heartbroken, Christian confronted, stabbed and killed the man he believed responsible for Anderson’s decision. The man was her […]