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Cotterill, Edith Nurse On Call ISBN 13: 9780753195963

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Training in a hospital in the 1930s, Edith Cotterill's long hours on the wards included encouraging leeches to attach to patients (a task much harder than you might think) and the disposal in the furnace of amputated limbs. Although hospital life did have its compensations it was there during the war that she met an injured sailor who was to become her husband. After the birth of her two daughters, Edith returned to work in the 1950s as a district nurse. Whether she was ridding ageing spinsters of fleas or dishing out penicillin and enemas, Edith always approached even the most belligerent of patients with humour, compassion and warmth.

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"Brilliant ... a rare book of truth and insight containing hilarious and soul wrenching stories of patients, hospital practice and colleagues, wartime traumas and post-war austerity. Ending with one of the most tragic and moving stories I have ever read" (Jennifer Worth, bestselling author of CALL THE MIDWIFE)

"Touching and tender, full of comic but courageous characters, Edith Cotterill's Nurse on Call goes straight to the heart" (She)

"Ought to provide the perfect antidote to today's bureaucratic National Health Service" (Daily Mail)

"Heartwarming" (Yours)
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Laughter and tears are never far away in this heart-warming true story of how Edith Cotterill came to be a district nurse – this Number One bestseller will be loved by fans of BBC hit drama Call the Midwife

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  • PublisherISIS Large Print Books
  • Publication date2011
  • ISBN 10 0753195968
  • ISBN 13 9780753195963
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages272
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