Description
SECONDHAND BOOK
Here is the story of the public hospital at Ballarat – from its uncertain beginnings in the goldrush era to its emergence as one of Victoria’s major regional health centres. Generously illustrated, this lively account first explores the early hospital’s daily workings and its character as a nineteenth-century charitable institution. Next, great changes are charted: changes affecting the hospital’s admissions policies, the status of doctors, the rise of female nursing, and the role of government. In the present century, new medical and social trends are traced, which have gradually altered the hospital itself, transforming it from the charity of old into a vast and complex modern enterprise serving the whole community.
This book celebrates an institution whose long history is intricately entwined with that of its city and its country. Using the rich records of 130 years, the author has restored the hospital’s past to life, recreating lost scenes, vividly evoking personalities, and reconstructing their struggles, their triumphs and their disappointments.
Specifications:
Condition: Good – general wear and scratches to dust jacket, pages clean and unmarked.
Publisher: Allen and Unwin
Year: 1989
Format: Hardback, with dustjacket
Pages: 414pp
ISBN: 0043701914
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