Scarlet Pillows: An Australian Nurse's Tales of Long Ago by Mrs Arthur H Garnsey [Ann Stafford Bird]

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Bend to fron cover right tail corner. Marks and scratches on front and back covers. Half-title page has been clipped to remove ownership details presumably.

Originally published in the 1950s, this book is the recollections of Ann Stafford Bird, a hospital nurse in the 1890s. During this time, there were several typhoid outbreaks.

She also spent time at the district hospitals at Pinjarra and Bridgetown before Coolgardie Hospital.

The scarlet pillows refers to the turkey-red pillowcases used in the Coolgardie Hospital.