Chronicle Fall 1995 by PennNursing

Fall 1995 Vol 8 No 1

(SSN 1049-2259

LILLIAN SHOLTIS BRUNNER

TEN YEARS OF LEADERSHIP In 1 85 Li lli an Sh olt is Brunner acce pted th task of chai ri ng the Adv isory Board for the Ce nter. At Ihat ti me the Center was very mu ch a prospect rather th an a reali ty. Under Lill ian's tu telage both the Board an d the Center deve loped and grew to their presen t st ture. The programs, fund raising, nnd professio nal cha racter of th e Cente r were in flu enced by Li lli an '. experie nce, know ledge and drive. Now, in L995, a Lilli an steps down as Chair and assumes a new ro le as Adv isory Board me m ber, it seems a good time to recall her co ntribu tions to the Center and t the nursing field in gen era l.

Lillial/ Brul/ll er Unr right) will ~Iep down as Chair of the A d\'isory Boa rd, leaving a legacy 0/ a decade o/ strollg gll idllllce.

Mrs. B runner has a lo ngstan di ng interest in an d deep knowledge of th e hi tory of nursing. She promoted the exce ll ent 1975 Bicen tenn ial nu rsing hi tory project in Phi lade lphi a in c Ilaboration with the latc forme r Penn Nursing Dean T heresa Ly nch . As a result the important Nur ing History Muse um at Pennsy lvan ia Hospital opened to tbe pub lic. When the Penn School of Nursing sought ·~o de elop a histori a1 research and teach ing initi, tive Lillian pledged bot h her intellectual and financial support. The outstanding collect io ns of the Center, which arc preserved in the Brunner Archives. test ify to her commitment. Lillia n is a nat ive Pennsy lvan ian who is kn uwn nati onally and internationally fo r her contribu ti ons to nu rsing practice. pa rtic ularl y in the area of med ical -surgical nursing. She has authored r co l laborated on ni ne books on medica l and s urgical nursing; tbese have appeared in as many as twelve languages and man y tire . tantlard textbooks in nursin g arou nd the world . Perhap. she is be. t known fo r Te.xtbook of Medica l and Su rgical Nursing and the Lippinco/l Mallual of Nursillg Practice, b th of wh ich have ru n at least six editions.

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A graduate of the Schoo l of Nursing of the Ho pita l of the Un iversity of Pennsy lvania, Lillian earned her BSN at the Unive rsi ty of Penn sy lvania 's School of Education an d her MSN fro m Case Western Reserve Universi ty in Cleveland, Oh io. She holds ho norary Doctor of Sc ience degrees from th Un i ersity of Pen nsylvania and Cedar Crest College as well as many othe r award .

The Study of The History of Nursing UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SCHOOL OF NURSING

The existence of the Cen ter for the Study af thc Hi lory aINur ing is tlue, in no small measure, to the vi ion and energy of Lill ian Sholtis Bnmner. As . he ste p · aWHY from the rol e of ChHi r of the Advisory Board we want to ca ll attenti on It) the crucial role she pl ayed - we luok forward to her wise counse l in the co ming years.

NEW W INDOW TO NURSING

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HISTORY Read about our newest col lections, fi nd ing aids, photographs, and artifacts on the World Wide Web: http://www.do lphin. lI penn.edu/- nur.; ing/i ndex.htm l For rn re information about our resources, c-mail: nhistory@nursing. lI penn.edu

The Chron icle ap logizes for not includ ing D r. Patricia Duick as a member of the Li nda Richards Soci ty in our Donor List as published in the Spring 1995 issue .

CENTER FOR THE STUDY

THE HISTORY OF

NURSING Th ~ Cen ter for Th!: Stud y afTh t: Hb tory af Nurs ing WZI S established in J 985 to em:o urag 3IlLI facil itate his tori cal sc holar hip on health care hi story and nu r5 in g in th e Un ite d States. Now in its el eve nth year oi" existence, the Center continues to cr atc a[ld ma ll1tain a re sou rce fo r suc h research; to improve the qual it y and scope of hislorica l schular hip on nursing; and to di sseminate new kno wledge on nurs ing hi sto ry throu gh edu cat.ion , conferen es, pu blicatio ns, an d in te r-di sc iplinar ' collaboration.

Curre nt prujec L~ at the Center range from stud ies of intem ati onal nursin g. ha rn e-based nu rs in g, and re search on ca re of the criti call y ill to th e !'.ventieth-cen tu ry relat io nship betwee n nur si ng and American ph ilanth rop y. We also con tin ue to coll ect, process, and catal ogue an outstandin g co ll ecti on of primary hi storical lTl~terial s. Feel free to vis it the Center Mo n da y-F rid ay, 9:00a. m.-S:OO p.m. Schol ars planning to condu ct re~earch at th e Cente r shou ld co nta i.~ t the Center's cu rator at 215 -898-4502. Qur curator will res pond with a descript io n of the scope an d con ten t of rck vant materials in the va riou s col kct ions.

NEWS FROM TIlE CENTER CHANGES TO THE CENTER ADVISORY BOARD The Cente r i . fortun te to have Ann Knigh t a!i the new c h ir of the Ad io ry Board . Also, the Board will be graced wit h the guidance of new Boa rd members, Willi am H. Helfa nd and Ann Percy Stroud . Ann Knight, a member of the Board for several years. has broad experience in vol untary board work. ami wil l provide the Cente r wit h excelle nt directi on as we enter our second decade. She is a we ll know n and highly comm itted local volunteer who has played a significant role in the Vi~ it i n g Nurse Society of Ph iladelphi a as we ll as in it. operati ng age ncy Vi iting Nurse Association of Greate r Philade lphia. She i a native of an hattan, graduate of Vassar College and pre ently resides in Gladwyne, Pa, wit h her husbn nd Ri chard who retired as <In officer of Provi dence Ban k. Mrs. Knjght <l Isa is inte gral in Vassar's Alumni Association's fundraising efforts. Her commitment [0 nursing and its histo ry led to her interest in the Ilistory Cente r and its furthe r de clopment. She will take the rein~ at a ti me when the Center will em bark on it. new plan. Ann Percy lro ud brings 10 the Board her kn owledge af preservation of history and art as the curato r of Drawi ngs in the Print Ro m at the Ph il ade lphia [u. eum of Art . She has earned degrees in art hi r;tory from Sweet Briar Co llege ( J962), Perrnsyl vania Sta te Uni versity ( 1965), and the University of London, Courtauld Institute of Art (1 974). Sbe has puhlished various articles on bot h Ita lian and American art. She has also received awards and fellowsh ips which have enab led her to stu dy and work in Ro me. Na ples, Londo n and Washington, D.C. She has extensive curating experience at the Phi ladelphia Museu m of Art s ince 1972.. where she has been instru mental in the organ izati on f nume rous ex hihi tion. , incl udi ng AI'S Medica: Art, Medicine (wd the HUI/la n COlldition wh ich she developed wi th the help of Wil liam H. Helfand.

Center Advisory Board Ann P. Kn ight, Chair M. Louist,; Fitzpat ric k, Vice Ch air Lil lian Sholti s Bru nne r Esther Cavanaugh Wil liam H. Helfand J anne Kiefne r E leanor C. La mbe rt sen Nadinc Landis Mark Frazier Ll oyd Charl es E. Rosenberg Step hanie A. Stachn iewicz An n Percy Stroud Tina We in traub

Wil liam H. Helfand , ou r r;ccond Bard member, i. a c n. ullant to the National Lin rary of Medicine con ultant and co-curator at th e Philadelphia Museum of Art, History of Pharmacy. He has degrees in Chemica l Engineering (University of Pennsyl vania, 1948), Pharmacy (Phjlade lphia Co llege of Pharmacy ancl Science, 1952). and was awarded degrees (h.c .) of Doctor of Hum ane Letters hy the Albany College of Pharm acy, Uni on University in 198 1 and Doctor of Science by the Philade lphia Col lege of Pharmacy and Science in 1976. He has writte n five books inclu ding Pharmac ': All If{us/rated Hi tory (with David Cowen, Harry N. Abrams, 1990), and The P iC/lire of Health (Univer. ity of Pennsyl vania Press, Phil ade lphi a, 19(1) . He ha!; rece ived awards for outsta nd ing cont ri butions in the fie ld of ephemera tudi s and dist inguished historical Member of the Ad visor), Board at the !>prillg meeting: writing. His exhibi t, POlio ns,

Center Staff Ka ren Bu hl er-Wil ke rson, PhD, FAAN

Pills and Purges; the Art of Pharmacy, i.. showi ng at the

Director Ell n D. Bac r, PhD, FAA Associate Director Joan .. Lyna ugh. PhD, FAAN A ssociate Direc fOr Margo Szabun ia, MA, CA ClIm tor Betsy Wei s A dministrative Assistall! Rit a Beatty Vo/unteel" Ke ll y A. Smit h Editor, T he Ch ronic le

Phi ldelp hi a Mu eum of Art through Octoner 29.

(standing, from left) Jeanfle Kiefll(,r, Alln Percy S troud, Ann p. Knight (/lew Clra ir) , Nadil/e LUI/dis. Karen BlIhler Wilkersoll, Esrlzer H. Cal'Cmallgh, Wi!fiam Helfand, (:;euled, frum left) Ma rgo S zabllnia, Center clirator; Stepirfllrie Stachlliewicz alld Lilliall Sholtis Brunner.

RENOVATION AND RELOCATIO The Nu rsing Educatio n Build ing's heating and air cond itioning sy tern is ched uled for renovati on duri ng the coming academic year. Mo t of the faculty wi ll he mov ing to new, temporary office in Ihe rear sect ion of our bui lding. The Center's rel oca ti on ite wi ll be announced. Faculty, staff and the Center will r tain thei r same phone number. Our plan is 10 operate the Cen ter with restricted hours for researchers but to continue our ot her activities as they currently exist.

TECHNOLOGY IN

EARLy AMERICAN NURSING

MARGARETE SANDELOWSKI,

PHD, RN, FAAN

The relationship between nursing and technology bas undergone many changes over the past few decades and tbe Li lli an Sholtis Bru nner 1995 Su mmer Fellowsh ip enabled Dr. Margarete Sandelow ki to re earch th is topic. She intends 10 locate materials that open a wi ndow into the history of nursing and the use of various he. Ithcare equ ipment adm inistered in bedside activities and proced ures. She is especi all y interested in the ti me period spa nn ing the late nine teenth century and the first half of the twentie th century. Changes in techno logy and the marketing of that technology have indeed in tl uenced th e r Ie of nurses in rel at ion to the patient as well as otber healthcarc professionals. Dr. andelowsk.i has fou nd the change in percepti n of nur 'ing and tech nology most dramatic during the 1920 . at a time when nu rses were perce ived as :--\ 111 , . mllil

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hav ing the new respo nsibil ity of tending to the machines and measurements of vario us medic ines. This was a change from the earlier per eption of nu rses and there exi led uncertainty about nurses be ing able to usc medical devices like the thermometer. Gradual ly the nurse t ok on added responsibili ty for administeri ng patien t care with various medical inst ru ments and developed into the primary ma chine tenders in health care. This new role has placed nurses in various positions in patient care. Dr. Sandelowski feels that

this study is impo rtant because it il lus· trates the transformation of nursing prac tice and the social, moral, and epi'lemo logical issues conce rni ng healthcarc . A changing vi ew of Ihe lab ring woman and the division betwee n . cicnce and technol ogy both mold th e im age of the relat ion 'hi p between nurse and machi ne and the role of the nurse in s ial order. Th e • ma chine" has changed the " nurse" and bot h have changed healthcare. Her interests also include surveying nur ing bed..<;ide activities and proce dures. She plans on produc ing a s cia I and in te llectual history of techno logy in nursing. S he hope to fo llow in the steps of Stanley Joel Reiser's Medicine and the Reign of Tecllllology (1 97 ) and Ru th Schwartz Cowa n's More Work [or Mother; The Ironies of Household Tech fl O/OKY from the Open Hearth to the Mi rowa ve (1983). Some ()tb er issues he wo uld like to addre " incl ude: the in crease of devices, instru ments, and ma chines and how tbey influ ence nurses ' views of pati en ts the ir hea lth problems, and of the nursing practice; the changes such instrument· have caused in the ac tual work of nu rses; the skil ls and kn wl edge that such devices require nur 'e. ; the progress or constrai nts resulting from operations of a tcchnology' the co mpari son of concepts and values between nUf!l ing and technology. She wishes to make cl earer distinctions betwecn d ct l)ri ng and nursi ng. She is also working to find bow techn logy d fines the r les of healthcare profession Is. Addit iona lly there is a difference between the "profes sional" and thc 'technical" nurse, be twecn "pure" knowledge (science) and "applied" knowledge (t echno logy). Dr. Sandelowski di. covered helpful informat ion from various ourees and mediums. Wh ile in Phi ladelph ia she was able to visit the C liege of Physicians as well as the Center for the Study of the Histo ry of Nu rsing. She searched f r comprehensive early issues of journals and textbook as well a collecti ons of devices. A surpri jng founta in of infor mation came (r m catalogues which il lustrated how arious hospit al equi pmen t were marketed. Advertisements were geared to appeal to the nurse and Ihal 's

somet hing s he hadn ' t realized before, that nurses arc oft n used to sc ll some thing in a litera l and fi gurat ive sense. he found it an interestin g fo rm f market ing and then realized that indeed nurse are

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the one who maintain and innuence the sa les of such equipment. Whil e at the Center, she has also had the pportu nity to I ok into several col lection ' including the records of Ameri can Nephro logy Nurses Association. Alum ni Association of U1e Training School [or Nurses of the Philade lphi a General Hospita l, Albert Einstei n Hosp i tal Schoo l of Nu ing, Lankenau Ho. pi tal Schoo l of Nur ing. PreSbyterian Hos pital Sch 01 f Nursing, Woman 's Hospi tal, and Nutting materials from the His tory of Nursing micro fi che (Teachers Coll ege). Some of the nursing train ing books Dr. andelowski examined , such as Improvised Equipment (1 940), con tained illustration' or sketches of instnt ments and how they were to be main tained and ad min istered. Photographs were indeed one of the more integral links to nu rsing and technology 'S history. They allowed an immediate perception of nurse int rac tion with med ical technology and how the presence of those machines in the lives of the patie nt affected their healthcare. These photographs show the (c omil/lled all page 6)

MANuSCRIPT COLLECTIONS

CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF NURSING

Hospitals, Schools of Nursing and Nursing AJumni As ociations

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Ibert Ei ns tein Medica l Center School of N ursi ng A1exian Broth ers Hospital Al umni As oci ation o f the raini ng Schoo l for Nu rses of the Philadel phia General Hospital Al umnae Asso ci ati on o f Mercy-Dougl a . Hospi tal Schoo l of N ursi ng C hau tauqua Schoo l of Nursing C hestnut Hi ll Ho 'pita l School of Nursing Chi ldren 's Hospi tal of Phi ladelph i a S hool o f Nursing F reedmen' s H o pit al Nu rses A lumni Cl ub of hil ade lphia Hospital of the Un ive rsity of Pennsy lva nia Schoo l of Nursing Lankenau Hospi tal School of N ur i n'" Lock Haven Hospital Mercy-Dougl ass Hospi tal Schoo l of Nur in g M uhlenberg Hosp ita l School o f Nursi ng Philad Iph ia Gneral Hospital Philade lphia Scho ol of N ursing Medical Supply and D i. pensary Presby teri an School 0 Nursing SI. L uke's Ho>pital, Ph iladelphi a, PA SI. Mary" Hospita l, Troy, N . Y. Soc iety f the Al umn i of the School 0 Nursing o f the Universit y of Pennsy l van ia Wom an's Hospital o f Phil ade lphi a

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MANusCRIPT COLLECTIONS CENTER F OR Individuals Aike n, Linda H. 1972-19 6 Austin , An n L. 1940-1970 Bren nan, Mary 1941 - 1982 Brunn er, Li lli an S. 1910-1995 ape rs, Cy nthi a Flynn 1978-1982 Chase, Ada line 1900-1975 Iymer, Mary V. 1886-1889 Darragh, Mildred 1923-1 928 D' Estl, Ernestine Kittl 1888-1956 DiSand ro, Edith Hyde 1924- 1927 Duffy. Eileen M. 1975- 1977 Eataugh . Doroth y Mark 193 1965-1981 Emonds, Beverly L. Eri kson, Edith Ive 1928-1985 Eri kson, Ruth 1932-1935 Errickson, Sa ra Mailer 1937-1989 Fagi n, Claire M. 1926-1991 Franci s, Susa n C. 1934-1987 1910-1987 Godfrey, Mary Robinson Goodrich, An nie Warburton 1871-1955 Griscom , Edith Lewis Palm er 1909-1912 Gruber, Mild red 1904-1906 He ffern an, Bernardine 1968-1986 Hoff, Bertha 11113-1914 Holman, Lydia 1888-1960 Izcka, Jad wiga 1939-1960 Johnston Marga ret Alice 1944-1 945 Jolw stone, Mari e 1906 Jones , Eliza beth 1899-1946 Keeler, Jane D. 1935-1985 Kennedy, ecil 1939-1957 Lambertse n, Eleanor C. 1915 -1977 Landis, Nadine 1930-1988 Lasek, Elinor Fry 1935- 1938 Leininger, Je nny 191 5-1 986 Lemley, Alice and Lillie 1887- 1888 Leonard, Dorothy Ha rvey 1947-1987 Ly nch, Theresa 1. 1896-1986 Ma tthews, Irene 1933-1985 McCa rron , Sa rah 1917- 1964 M Cosh, Isabella Guthrie 1897 M'Cready, Mary Anne 1904 Me reness, Doro thy An n 1910-1 991 Mo rris, Mabel Harmon 1935-1990 Newman , Edn a Albert 1924-1936 Nightingal , Florence 1856-1896 Nun an, Edi th 1887-1976 Olinatz, Nanette 1958-1960 Ov rhol tz, Ella Flor nee 1921 Page, Na ncy J. 1960-1962 P pIau, Hi ldegard E. 1985 Radbill , Samuel X. 1985-1989 Rath , Charlotte Tyson 1928-1970 Ra us hen be rger, Dorothy 1914-1986 Ritter, Beatrice 1947-1957 Robinson, Alice Me rritt 1920-1983 Roge rs, Wes ley Wiley 1987 aba, Virgin ia 1937-1972 chl otfcld t, Rozella M. 190?-1993

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SIXTH ANNUAL HISTORY OF NURSING AsSEMBLY AT THE WOODLANDS CEMETERY HONORS THE MEMORY OF THE DEACONESSES OF PHILADELPHIA Every year retired nurses, friends of nurses and nur ing hi torian wend their way throu gh the serene green and nora of til Wood lands Cemetery to com memorate figures of distinct ion in nursing hi st ry. A breezy, sunny clay made a beaut iful ce r emony eve n more memorab le for those pa rticipants who followed the music of Dr. Willi am Watson TV duri ng the traditio nal proces 'ion th is pas t May 5, 1995. 1n ad dition to highl ighting the success and cou rage of two nurse reformer ', Al ice Fisher and S. Lill ian Clay ton , this year's ceremo ny incl uded a tri bute to th e Deaconesses of Philadelphia. Near th e grave sites of S. Lill ian Clayton, Alice Fi her and the De' co nesses, Dr. Patricia 0'An t nio , shareu he r knowledge of the histo ry of th e Deaconesses who arri cd fr m the No rth-Rhi ne West phal ia to Phil ade l phia in 18 4.

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Unde r th e guidance of Sister Mari e Kruege r who had trai ned at Kaiserworth. Sisters Marie Friederi e Wurzler, Maria nn e Kraetzer, Magdalena von Bracht, Alma Koll mann , and Pauline Loesch mann adj u.' ted to a new way of life as ell as a new work env ironmen t. They came at the request of John D. la nkenau, president of the German Hosp it al of Philade lphi a. The ground up n whic h the e w men built nursi ng at the Genn n Hospital (l ater known as l ankena u H spital ) was rough and r cky hut they uccecded thro ugh their indo mi tab le will to persevere. Fift ee n year ' aft er th origi nal group of Deacon es 'es arri ed in Philadel Plr rJlOJ\WP" Il,· t ·u"dllc..~ jICU'/,J phi a, a Tra in ing ch oo l for urSes w' s e tablished, Pat D 'Antoll lO share:; lit e history Although 1992 marked the last cl ass to rece ive a diploma of the DI!(l coIlI!SI!.S al lht' [Jonning Ilu rsing unif orms fro m fro m La nkenau Hosp ital chool of Nursing, the tradit ion f supe Pro('(: ~.0(JIl . Ihe Cenler 's arch i\'lll collectioll, rior and effi cient nursi ng that the Deaco nesses estab li shed is recognized as a testa ment to the rich participants of tlt e Procession ness of their history. p lcu'c carnati ol1s lip all a grave.

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"tools of tbe trade' while being u ed on a pat ient as well as isolated on a tab le to di:play how such instrument. arc et up. Dr. Sandelow ki know now what she w' nt: to look at next and where .' he can fin d it. She has learned to b re sou rce fu l becau e she ha . had to u e various mat rials that were not located in one locale but rather in various places and wi th varying c ntex t.

Established in 1970 by 3 sma ll gTCl up of nur. e educators, CGEAN was organi zed to further the developmen t , nd improve· ment of graduate ed ucat ion for admi ni s tration in nursi ng. The orga nization 's membe r hi p is a tive in at least twent y st ates. These records include corresp n dence, min utes, surveys and reports.

Brunner has been head operat in g room nurse, supervisor o f' operati ng n1Q mS, cl inical i n~ tru ctor <lnd department head in the HUP School 0(' Nursing. She has a deep inter st in the history of nursing and has bee n i n~ lrumen(a l in estab lish ing the Cen terjOr the Si udy of the His lory of Nursi ng.

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D,: Margarete Sandelowski is Pro fe ssor of WOlllen ' . and Children 's Health at the University of North Carolill a, Chapel Hill, where she plan ' to cOlltinue Irer research Oil the hi tory of nursillg ({ lid technology.

A 1940 graduutc of the Ho pita I of the University of Penn ylvania (HUP) Schoo l of Nursi ng, Mrs. BnlOoe r has autho red or coll aborated on at least nin e books on medica l and ~ u rg i cal nu rsing. T hese ha e appeared in as ma ny as twelve languages and many are standard texlb( ks in nu r. ing sc hoo ls. Mrs.

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PASSAGE C'lpta in Vero ni aM. Bulshefski. NC, USN, graduate of the Hospital of the Uni versi ty of Penn ylvania (class of 1937) and veteran of Wo rl d War II p sed away in Mt. Vernon Hospital on May 24, 1995, A native of Ashley Pennsy lvania., Captain Bulshcfski served with distinction in the United Slates Navy Nurse Corps for thirty years. In 1966, at the height ( f the Vietnam War, Bulsh fsk i was appointed Dire tor of the Navy Nurse Corps. Under her leadership, nurses were as igned to the Naval Sup port Act ivity in DaNang as well as 10 bo pital ships USS Sa nctuary and USS Repose to care for war Cal uait ies. Duri ng her tenu re as Director, CapL Bulshcfski saw enact ment f her propo al for more Captains and Co mmanders in the Navy Nurse Corps, For her . ervice, she was awarded th e National Defense Service Medal, American T he ate r Medal, World War n Medal As iatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and the Legion of Merit. Captain Bul she fski epitomized honor and leadersh ip in nursing.

FAREWELL

THE INVENTORY

The Center will miss post-doctoral fell w Barba ra Brush ho will be work ing at Temple Univcr ity th is fa ll as As sistant Professo r and Di rector of the Ad ul t Nurse Pract it ioner Pr gram. Th program's mis ion is to erve a di erse ,nd underse rved p pulat ion in the Phila delp hia community. She wi ll continu e her research with Princ ipa l Inve tigato r Dr. Joan Ly naugh, on the project on In te rnational C uncil of Nurses (lCN). In addition she is the principal investigator of the project, "Seeking Haven: Nurse Refu ge s and the Inte rnational Cou ncil of NursCl;,' which is a conti nua!i n of her summe r J995 Alice Fis her Scho lar ship. Her presence at th e Universit y of Penn ylvani a will be missed very muc h.

Researchers may consul t the Center's inventories in the Center's read ing room. In cntories are also ava il able up n request for a fee of $0.25 per page, pl us $2.00 sh ippi n ~ . Center inventories are distr ibuted in microfiche as part of the National Inventory of Documentary StJurces in the United States (Chadwyck Healey, Inc.). The Center's holdings are also catalogued in the Re earch Libraries Informa tion Network (RUN), a national bib li ographic database. The foll owing collection represent recently completed inventories at th e Cen ter. For more in fo r mation, pl ease contact th e Curalor.

Upcoming Events Conference on Nursing History September 29·0ctober 1 The American Assoc iation for the Hi tory of Nu rs ing, in conj un tion with the University of Arkansas fo r Med i al Sci ences Co llege of Nur ing, is sponsoring thei r 12th An nual Co nference . CaU Pegge L. Bell at 50 1-686-5374 or FAX 50 1-686-8350 for more information. University of Pennsylvania Department of History and Sociology of Science Worlc hops September ,lOam- 12pm, Special Joint Penn-Prin eton Workshop at Princeton, Ma rio Biagi Ii, Harvard Uni versity wit h co mmentary by Robert Kohler, University of Pennsylvania. October 9, J n Ma rks. Yale University, Physical Anthropo logy alld GeJletics.

October 23, Roundtable discussion with Jim Green, Library Company; Tom Horrocks College of Physicians; Martin Leavi tt, APS; Nancy Sbawcross, Univer sity of Pennsylvan ia, Archives ill Phila delphia .

Octo ber 3 . 4-5p m, Theresa Hopper, Princeton Un iversity, Works in Progre 5·6pm James trick, Prince ton Univer ity, S wimmillg agajfl.~r (lte tide: instru ments alld interests ill tlte debate over

Rozella M. Schiotfeldt Papers, ]90? bacteria! flagella, 1946-7956. 7993, 3 linear f eel, 17 pages. November 13. Bill Newman. Harvard Roberta M. West Papers, 1886-193 7, 10

Un ive rsity, S tarkey alld Alchemical linea r f eet, 25 page. .

Laboratories . Visiting Nurse Association of outh Cell November 20, Matthew Ram 'ey, tral COllnecticut Records, 1905-1987, 6

(colltlllued 011 back page) linea r f eet, 10 pages.

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Vanderbilt University, Official and Popular Me dicine in France: In Search of a Narrative. December 4, Al ex i Asmuss. All wo rksbops (except on 9/30 at Princeton) will be he ld in the eminar room of the department of History an d Sociology of Science, 3440 Market St. , Ste. 500. Call Susan Li ndee at 215-898 227 1 for morc information an d the Spri ng sch edule.

three con ecutive fall meeting in Wilmington. Program cllair is Leslie Simon, email: usk774rb@ibrn mail.com . May 2-4, Baltimore, MD, theme T BA. For more informat ion c ntact Jackie Esposito, MARAC Vice Chair, Penn State University, 814-865-7931 or JR E@PSULlAS.PS U.EDU T he Politics of Ca ring III . C reating Sa fe and Healing Environments November 10-1 2, Emory University, At lanta, GA. The Politics of Caring 111 seeks interdiscipli nary solutions to the probl em. that di srupt wo men 's lives. For more information contact Rose B. Can non, Planning Commi ttee Chair, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory Universi ty, 53 1 Asbury Circle, Atl anta GA 30322; 404-727-1 374 or FAX 404-727-0536 .

Conference is being hel d immediately preceding the CNA meetings in Halifax 1996. This conference focuse on tbose great and small eve nts in nursi ng that have been nd will be part of our on going story. For inform atio n wri te te CAHN Planni ng Grou p Da lhousie School of Nu rsing, Hal ifax, Nova Scoti a.

Exhibitions

History of Med icine Seminars Mutter Museum Fall Seminar Ser ies CoUege of Pbysicians of Philadelphia October 5, Lisa Herschbach Harvard Through Dece mber 1995, an ex hibit University. Prosthetic Reconstructions: commemorati ng the ca reer of Loui Makill g th e Industry, Re- Makillg the Pasteur (1822-1 895) features Pasteur's Body, Modeling the Nation. own mode l of a tartrate crysta l from the October 12, Steph en Robertson, Ru tgers Coll ege's collection as well as 19th cen University Sigll s, Marks, alld P ri vate tury French ephemera fro m the collec Parts: The Me dical Jurisprudellce of tion of Willi am H. Helfantl . Ex hibit de Rape, 1823-1940. igned an d in 'tail ed by Lau ra Bearsley. October 19, Maarte n Ultee, Is Amputa tioll Necessary ? A C reat Debate in Amer ican Nurses Foundation Philadelpbia Museum of Art June 14 1996, Washington , D.C. Surgery.

PotiOIlS, Pills alld Purges: the Art of November 30, Jodi Kostc and Joan

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