Sixty Years a Nurse. Mary Hazard
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Название: Sixty Years a Nurse

Автор: Mary Hazard

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Биографии и Мемуары

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isbn: 9780008118389

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      First published by HarperElement 2015

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      © Mary Hazard and Corinne Sweet 2015

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      To my wonderful family, and children Anthony and Christopher, and to Jennifer, whom I will never forget (MH)

      To Corinne and Albert Haynes, for being there, and being you (CS)

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Foreword

       Acknowledgements

       1: Arriving from Ireland

       2: Joining the Regiment

       3: Settling In

       4: Bring Out Your Dead

       5: Yes, Matron; No, Sister

       6: Of Lice and Men

       7: Public Enema Number One

       8: Letting My Hair Down

       9: Tragic Love Story

       10: Can’t Cook, Won’t Cook

       11: Theatre Tales

       12: TB Traumas

       13: Carbolic, Drugs and TLC

       14: Private Rooms and Community Life

       15: Kidnapped

       16: Reader, I Married Him … and Carried On Working for the Next Sixty Years …

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      I first met Mary Hazard at my local GP’s surgery, the Bounds Green Group Practice, when I moved into the area in 2000. She took my blood at the surgery one day, and I was immediately struck by her vibrant personality, her amazing manner and her fantastic sense of humour. It soon became very clear that Mary was an institution. Everyone at СКАЧАТЬ