BOOK

Other Name: "AIDS TO TRAY AND TROLLEY SETTING: A COMPLETE TEXTBOOK FOR THE NURSE"

Other Name: "AIDS TO TRAY AND TROLLEY SETTING: A COMPLETE TEXTBOOK FOR THE NURSE"

Description: A RED HARDCOVER BOOK WITH BLACK TEXT. THE TEXT ON THE FRONT COVER READS “AIDS TO TRAY & TROLLEY SETTING”, “NURSES AIDS SERIES”, “A COMPLETE TEXTBOOK FOR THE NURSE”, “FIFTH EDITION”, AND “BAILLIÉRE, TINDALL & COX”. THERE IS ALSO A HANDWRITTEN “430. 8 2” ON THE FRONT COVER, AND A HANDWRITTEN “430” ON THE SPINE. STAMPED ON ALL THREE SIDES OF THE PAGES ARE THE WORDS “GALT SCHOOL OF NURSING”. GOOD TO VERY GOOD CONDITION: THE HARD COVER IS SCRATCHED AND SCUFFED, WORN ON THE SPINE. THERE ARE BLACK, SILVER, AND WHITE INK MARKS ON THE FRONT AND BACK COVER. PAGES ARE YELLOWING.

History: UPON DONATION TO THE MUSEUM, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN ASKED MEMBERS OF THE GALT SCHOOL OF NURSING (GSN) ALUMNAE TO PROVIDE WRITTEN ANSWERS ON QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO EACH ARTIFACT DONATED IN THE COLLECTION. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS COME FROM THOSE RESPONSES CORRESPONDING TO EACH INDIVIDUAL ARTIFACT. THIS BOOK TITLED AIDS TO TRAYS & TROLLEY SETTING: A COMPLETE TEXTBOOK FOR THE NURSE WRITTEN BY BAILLIERE, TINDALL, AND COX WAS “USED TO TEACH NURSES HOW TO SET UP TRAY[S] FOR PROCEDURES [AND] HELPED [THEM] TO DO STERILE PROCEDURES.” THIS BOOK WAS USED IN THE GALT HOSPITAL PRIOR TO 1955. IT WAS USED BY BOTH NURSING STUDENTS AND NURSES. THIS ARTIFACT IS AMONG A COLLECTION DONATED NEAR THE END OF 2014, BEING THE SECOND WAVE OF GSN ARTIFACTS ACQUIRED THAT YEAR. WITH THE FIRST WAVE OF GSN ARTIFACTS COLLECTED IN SUMMER 2014, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED THE PAST ARCHIVISTS OF THE GALT SCHOOL OF NURSING COLLECTION, SHIRLEY HIGA, ELAINE HAMILTON, AND SUE KYLLO, ABOUT THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE GSN ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION AND THE HISTORY OF ARTIFACTS DONATED. FOR THAT INFORMATION, PLEASE REFER TO P20140006001. PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.