Data

VPRS 16800 Rose Vaughan's Note Book

Public Record Office Victoria
The Royal Childrens Hospital [also known as RCH]
Viewed: [[ro.stat.viewed]] Cited: [[ro.stat.cited]] Accessed: [[ro.stat.accessed]]
ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2FANDS&rft_id=https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/VPRS16800&rft.title=VPRS 16800 Rose Vaughan's Note Book&rft.identifier=https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/VPRS16800&rft.publisher=Public Record Office Victoria&rft.description=This series consists of a small, gold edged notebook, entitled 'Notes on Nursing'. It is inscribed on the first page 'Rose Vaughan of Walsh Street, South Yarra, November 1886'. Below this entry is another for 'Rose A. Noel Richards, Llangollen, Murphy Street, South Yarra, October 1905'. Presumably Rose Vaughan is Rose Richards' maiden name. This indicates continued use of the notebook following her marriage. Mrs Noel Richards was on the Royal Children's Hospital Committee of Management from August 1905 to 1924, and was appointed a Life Member of the Committee in 1924.Information in the notebook covers a wide range of topics, and includes for example, a list of the duties of a nurse, instructions for making beds and dressing patients, how to recognise symptoms and body temperatures, how to treat bed sores and poultices, and recipes for beef tea and gruel. There are also lists of the nursing and domestic staff at the time, and a list of wages.Prior to transfer to Public Record Office Victoria, the records in this series were maintained as part of the Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) Archives. They were part of RCH accession number 2000/0002.&rft.creator=The Royal Childrens Hospital [also known as RCH] &rft.date=2021&rft.coverage=141.000000,-34.000000 142.919336,-34.145604 144.582129,-35.659230 147.742627,-35.873175 150.024219,-37.529041 150.200000,-39.200000 141.000000,-39.200000 141.000000,-34.000000 141.000000,-34.000000&rft_subject=HISTORICAL STUDIES&rft_subject=HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY&rft.type=dataset&rft.language=English Access the data
Cite Saved to MyRDA Save to MyRDA

Access:

Open view details

Open

Full description

This series consists of a small, gold edged notebook, entitled 'Notes on Nursing'. It is inscribed on the first page 'Rose Vaughan of Walsh Street, South Yarra, November 1886'. Below this entry is another for 'Rose A. Noel Richards, Llangollen, Murphy Street, South Yarra, October 1905'. Presumably Rose Vaughan is Rose Richards' maiden name. This indicates continued use of the notebook following her marriage. Mrs Noel Richards was on the Royal Children's Hospital Committee of Management from August 1905 to 1924, and was appointed a Life Member of the Committee in 1924.

Information in the notebook covers a wide range of topics, and includes for example, a list of the duties of a nurse, instructions for making beds and dressing patients, how to recognise symptoms and body temperatures, how to treat bed sores and poultices, and recipes for beef tea and gruel. There are also lists of the nursing and domestic staff at the time, and a list of wages.

Prior to transfer to Public Record Office Victoria, the records in this series were maintained as part of the Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) Archives. They were part of RCH accession number 2000/0002.

Data time period: [1886 TO 1905]

This dataset is part of a larger collection

Click to explore relationships graph
Help

Related Organisations

141,-34 142.91934,-34.1456 144.58213,-35.65923 147.74263,-35.87318 150.02422,-37.52904 150.2,-39.2 141,-39.2 141,-34

145.6,-36.6

Subjects
Historical Studies | History and Archaeology |

User Contributed Tags    

Login to tag this record with meaningful keywords to make it easier to discover

Identifiers
Similar data you may be interested in: