Download or read book The Presbyterian Hospital Bulletin, Vol. 79 written by Chicago Presbyterian Hospital and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Presbyterian Hospital Bulletin, Vol. 79: April, 1933 In 1903 Mr. Ernesta. Hamill, president, says: Last Novem ber the Illinois Training School for Nurses notified the Board of Managers that m accordance with a clause in their contract with us for supplying nurses, it would discontinue this service Novem ber 1, 1903. The termination of this contract made imperative What has been considered best for the hospital's advancement, the establishment of its own Training School. The expense of such a step would have been a serious obstacle but for the generosity of friends who responded V'ery liberally to the call, and necessary for the provision of a suitable home for nurses was secured. Two residences at the northwest corner of Ashland Boulevard and Congress Street, three blocks from the hospital, were bought at a great bargain, thoroughly renovated and are now ready for occupancy. These houses were shown to the new head of the new school upon her arrival in early January, and completely furnished, were occupied April by three instructors and the first class of twenty students. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.