The nurse's guide, and family assistant : containing friendly cautions to those who are in health : with ample directions to nurses and others who attend the sick, women in child-bed, &c. / by Robert Wallace Johnson.

Johnson, Robert Wallace, 1719 or 1720-

Date:: 1819

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Nurse's guide, and family assistant (Online)

The Nurse's Guide, and Family Assistant: Containing Friendly Cautions to Those Who Are in Health: With Ample Directions to Nurses and Others Who Attend the Sick, Women in Child-Bed, &C

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The earliest American nursing books were reprints of English books with notes by anonymous American editors (Am. Ed.") The distinction between a paid nurse and a servant or a family member was hazy at this time.