"Please Matron!” Hospital Hygiene in 1901
18 Jun 2018 18:30 - 20:30
Cowdray Hall,
20 Cavendish Square,
Marylebone,
London
FREE
Are you brave enough to meet Matron?
Experience what it was like to be a Victorian nursing student in 1900, as Matron Gordon shows what life was like in the Nightingale Training School at the end of the 19th century.This hour-long dramatic reconstruction of a lecture to probationer nurses around 1900 demonstrates how important nurses were in maintaining standards of hygiene and cleanliness in hospitals. It will be followed by a panel discussion on the history of infection control and prevention.
Cowdray Hall
20 Cavendish Square
Marylebone
London
W1G ORN
20 Cavendish Square is located behind John Lewis, Oxford Street.
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Page last updated - 22/03/2018
