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Syringe Kit. 1920s. Canadian Nurses
Association Collection
Nurses were skilled at giving injections. This kit contains
hypodermic syringes and needles of several sizes.
CMC 2000.111.99.1
CMC 2000.111.99.2
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Paperweight. Muskoka Free Hospital for
Consumptives, Gravenhurst, Ontario, ca. 1920.
During the early twentieth century, consumption, or
tuberculosis, was a prevalent disease; nurses treating it
required special training.
CMC 985.10.2
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Brick, from Florence Nightingale's home,
London. Presented to the Canadian Nurses Association by the
National Council of Nurses of Great Britain, 1943. Canadian
Nurses Association Collection
The Canadian Nurses Association was proud to be associated
with Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.
CMC 2000.111.425
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School Pin. Lady Stanley Institute School
of Nursing, Ottawa, 1920. Canadian Nurses Association Collection
The Lady Stanley Institute School of Nursing was established in
1890 by Lady Stanley, wife of the Governor General. Unlike most
hospital-based nursing schools, the Lady Stanley Institute was
independent.
CMC 2000.111.187
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Uniform. Miss A.J. MacMaster School of
Nursing, Moncton, New Brunswick, 1974-1996. Canadian Nurses
Association Collection
By the 1970s, the starched white uniform had been replaced by
more casual wear. Not long after, hospitals abandoned the
uniform altogether, and most nurses chose to wear the ubiquitous
"scrubs."
CMC 2000.111.496.1
CMC 2000.111.496.2
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