himself 76, George set about giving his brother “poor rough, ignorant nursing.” The end came “very quietly” at about 8:30 p.m. on 16 March

much wider range of services was offered than in France. There were, for instance, five hospitals administered by the Canadian Red Cross, a convalescent home for officers, and a rest home for nurses in

Armstrong] that introduced public nursing to Manitoba. Initially, five public health nurses were employed; by 1922 there were 53. During the influenza epidemic that followed World War I

BARRINGTON, SIBELLA ANNIE, registered nurse and administrator; b. 4 Dec. 1867 in Sydney Mines, N.S., daughter of York

mandate, the board hired public health nurses, the first in Canada. Speaking to the board’s report during the session of 1918, Armstrong was able to point to favourable results after only one full year of

of the Victorian Order of Nurses. He was involved in his community as well as a governor of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Montreal, as president of the Fraser Institute’s free library and

its board of trustees from 1912 until his death. He was also a member for 25 years of the advisory board of the Margaret Scott Nursing Mission. His proudest achievement, however, was the

monthly magazine, she stressed the importance of avoiding alcohol as medication for sick children and advising nursing mothers against drinking. For Vail, word of mouth and door-to-door campaigns were the

unit suffered 400 casualties, including 19 of 23 officers. When Stewart returned on 5 June the PPCLI was nursing its wounds and training reinforcements in the rear. He had been promoted major two

Bompas*, before moving permanently to Seattle, Wash. Kate lived out her life in relative obscurity, sewing items for tourists and nursing Jim through his final sickness. She succumbed to an influenza

also an important and generous philanthropist. He paid for the construction of the Ross Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home in Lindsay, Ont., named in honour of his parents, and the Ross wing of the Royal

influential citizens, she took up residence near Beaufort, S.C., in 1862. From there she assisted the Union army for the next three years as a cook, nurse, spy, and scout. In 1868 Seward petitioned Congress for

of a new building in 1889, the addition of a five-storey nurses’ residence and college in 1905, and the establishment of a special milk pasteurization plant in 1909, and he also served as trustee from

medical students in clinical theatres rather than in the wards. Following trends elsewhere on the continent, he strengthened the central role of the hospital in the education of nurses and medical students

.” At Oxford the Oslers acquired a beautiful home near the Bodleian Library. It became the focus for many hundreds of visitors over the next 14 years. Students, visiting colleagues, nurses, friends

, RENA MAUDE, nurse; b. 14 June 1879 in Souris, P.E.I., daughter of John McLean and Matilda Jane Jury; d. unmarried 27 June 1918 at sea

appointment of a school nurse. Proceeding from his interest in manual and industrial training and his belief in continuing education was McKay’s collaboration after 1907 with Frederic Henry Sexton in the

McINTYRE, AGNES BUCHANAN (Whiddon), nurse, shelter superintendent, and police matron; b. 22

one at St Vital. A born nurse, Sister Sainte-Thérèse had remained active in the health field. In 1871 she set up a temporary hospital on

of the Church of England, served as first president of the Women’s Canadian Club in Toronto, and in the early 1890s founded the Crèche, a nursing institute for children