Hospitalism and zymotic diseases : as more especially illustrated by puerperal fever, or metria a paper read in the hall of the College of Physicians, on the 13th of March and 10th of April, 1869, before the Obstetrical Society of Dublin also, a reply to the criticisms of seventeen physicians upon this paper delivered on the 10th of July, 1869 / by Evory Kennedy.
- Kennedy, Evory, 1806-1886
- Date:
- 1869
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Credit: Hospitalism and zymotic diseases : as more especially illustrated by puerperal fever, or metria a paper read in the hall of the College of Physicians, on the 13th of March and 10th of April, 1869, before the Obstetrical Society of Dublin also, a reply to the criticisms of seventeen physicians upon this paper delivered on the 10th of July, 1869 / by Evory Kennedy. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![' ihr PPENDICES. APPENDIX A. Dr. Playfair’s Letter. “ 5, CtJRZON-STREET, MAYFAIR, W., “August, 1869. “ My Dear Sir,—The plan I proposed as a substitute (which I trust may yet be carried out) would have cost but little more. I propose having five lodgings in separate houses, in the immediate vicinity of the hospital—each consisting of two rooms, and each to contain two lying-in women and one pupil-nurse. The lodgings will be ordinary rooms, kept nice and clean, and ought to be got for about £1 a month each—so that the entire extra expense would be about £60 a year. “ The house physician would visit the rooms twice a day, and the head midwife and sister as often as necessary, the former attending every labour, as in the ward. Of course each room would have the simplest possible furniture, and there could be no difficulty in changing them as often as might be deemed advisable. “ In this manner, I think, we could train our nurses even better than before, as giving them more practical work, and also have a valuable addition to our school; and, indeed, such a scheme might be adopted without much difficulty in connexion with every hospital where there is a medical school. “ I am, dear Sir, “ Sincerely yours, “To “W. S. Playfair. “ Dr. Evory Kennedy, Dublin.” APPENDIX B. [Lest it should be objected that I have omitted any part of what was even ascribed to me during this discussion, I here reprint the imperfect and inaccurate account of what I am reported to have said on the first night of the debate.] Dr. Kennedy said the president had been good enough to ask him to give a resume of his paper, but he thought that unnecessary, as it](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28082758_0118.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
