"A Thing in Petticoats" Nurses and the Contagious Diseases Acts of Britain
The “thing in petticoats” the author describes is an unnamed female nurse who attended patients and aided the military physician at the Flora Lane inspection office. Reportedly, as the widow “entered the surgeon’s den, weeping,” the attending nurse (or “thing in petticoats”) told her “not ‘to take it to heart so.’” While it may appear that this particular nurse was being singled out for her cruelty and dismissiveness toward her patients, the article in its entirety presents a surprisingly scathing attack on all the female nurses who participated in the CD Acts medical examinations.
The Story of Ann Baillie and Our National Historic Site
As part of the Historic Places Days' challenge to explore the stories connected to our National Historic Site, we present to you the story of our site's namesake through the life of lauded Superintendent of Nurses at KGH, Ann Baillie.
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Maternal Mental Health Care
More so than practically any other healthcare subject, mental health topics have acquired a need in recent decades for routine updating and research to compensate for centuries of misinformation. The infiltration of the Maternal Mental Hygiene movement and Attachment Theory into the minds and maternity manuals of Canada can shed light onto the progression of the treatment of maternal mental health across the decades.
Profile of a Travelling Nurse: Labrador
Profile of a travelling Nurse - KGH Nurse Sandra Milliken shares her experiences as a travelling nurse to the more remote regions of Canada.
Profile of a Travelling Nurse: Whitehorse
"It took me less than 24 hours to fall irreversibly in love with the Yukon."
A Trip Down Memory Lane
What is the purpose of a museum? To help people understand the past? To show items that most people would not see? To preserve and display articles from the past so that we can better understand our present? To give a fuller picture of how life used to be? A museum can be all these things, but a museum, especially one with a more modern focus, can be so much more.