LOS ANGELES HOSPITAL SCH of NURSING 1895-1995/ USC MEDICINE / ARCHIVAL PHOTOS !!

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LOS ANGELES CO. MEDICAL CENTER SCH of NURSING 1895-1995/ USC MEDICINE / HOSPITAL.
"Forty-five years after the first 100 bed hospital(1878) had been erected, the Los Angeles Hospital had grown into a major medical complex." The Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center opened during the Great Depression to serve greater-L.A. in 1933
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Contents:
early beginnings of LA and the land the Hospital was built on
1900-1916
WW I 1916-1931
Depression and WWII 1931-1946
1946-1961
1960-1976
1977-1991
Closing Century 1991-1995
Book in FINE Condition and dust-jacket in fresh Archival Mylar protector sleeve.
Oversized 13"
Heavily illustrated
, oral histories, archival photographs, photographs of Nurse Trainees, graduating Nursing classes, comprehensive overview of the mighty LAC MEdD CENTER and its Nursing School. Hardback weighs in at
5.2 lbs. 285-pages,
glossy bright quality heavy paper stock here; ...every page illustrated- LOTS archival of graduating Nurses; nurses uniforms, hats, pinning ceremonies, and
CHAP. 80 NURSING SOCIALS
- [lots of photographs] showing how nurse trainees, and veteran nurse could let loose and party! - a
real sisterhood of archival photographs
CHAP. 12 1881- 1909 USC College of Medicine - details the beginnings of the Med SCH.
CHAP. 36 The Influenza Crisis
CHAP.70 The Polio Epidemic Hits the County Hard ( b/w photos of children in Iron Lungs, p152)
* Bobbed hair styles permitted for the first time for the Class of 1923 ( see photo p.83)
** The highest incidences of diphtheria in California came in the years 1923-24 - with 695-deaths in 11, 109 cases.
** NO NAMES ; NO INSCRIPTIONS a VERY NEW LIKE BOOK THAT COUL BE PRESENTED TO SOMEONE YOU KNOW AS A GIFT***
Beautifully published [see photo]
blue cloth gilt titling..
ready to ship. A Heavy Book as noted already 13" in Height- large white book
Shipped with USPS Parcel Select Ground./ U.S.Media Rate
HEAVY BOOK