1918 Invalid Occupation Susan Tracy 1st Edition Ona M Wilcox Nursing Ownership

Susan Edith Tracy

Published by Whitcomb & Barrows, 1918

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Studies in Invalid Occupation: A Manual for Nurses and Attendants. By Susan E. Tracy. First Edition, Third Printing. Boston: Whitcomb & Barrows, 1918. Inscribed by Ona M. Wilcox 175 pp, 8.5 x 6.25 , cloth, 8vo. In good condition. Boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine bumped. Gilt lettering on spine dulled/soiled, but legible; gilt lettering on front board bright and clean. Some water spots on rear board. Ownership signature, in blue ink, on front end-page: "Ona M. Wilcox. '1925'". Inscription (from Wilcox) on front fly-leaf: "First systematic training in occupation, Miss Susan Tracy - gave 1st course in Invalid Occupation at the Adams service near Boston in 1906. used first for the treatment of the Insane. Butler and McLean Hospital." Text-block very lightly toned in margins, but otherwise clean. Binding tight and intact. Please see photos. Susan Edith Tracy (1864 1928) was an American registered nurse who developed invalid occupations (i.e. occupations for invalids) as a branch of nursing. Tracy was a founder member of the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy. She was an educator and author, instigating the first training course about occupation and writing the first textbook about the therapeutic benefits of occupation. Middlesex Hospital is a non-profit, acute care community hospital in Middletown, Connecticut. The hospital's nursing school graduated nurses from 1910 until the Ona M. Wilcox School of Nursing closed in 1997. Many of Wilcox's nursing students stayed on to work in the Hospital after graduation. Ona M. Wilcox was only one of them. Graduating in 1925, Miss Wilcox spent almost all of her working life dedicated to her school, first as Night Supervisor, then as Obstetrical Supervisor, then as the Assistant Director of Nursing. Upon completion of her Bachelors degree from Columbia University and a Masters from New York University, Miss Wilcox was named Director of the school in 1943. After her retirement in 1970, the school board voted unanimously to change its name to the Ona M. Wilcox School of Nursing. First Edition, Third Printing. RAREA1918DVWZ - 10/22 RAREA1918WDVR - 06/25 - HK974. Seller Inventory # RAREA1918WDVR

Bibliographic Details

Title: 1918 Invalid Occupation Susan Tracy 1st ...

Publisher: Whitcomb & Barrows

Publication Date: 1918

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition