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[1999.267.29] nurse's cap
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Nurse's Cap, 1999.267.29, Cornwall General Hospital
CD2001-68
S2000-8128
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nurse's cap
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| Accession Number |
1999.267 |
| Catalogue Number |
1999.267.29 |
| Museum |
CMH |
| Collection |
The Gloria Barwell Kay Nurses' Caps Collection
Canadian Nursing History Collection
Collection Search
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| Person / School / Hospital |
Associated institution, Cornwall General Hospital
Associated party, Ryan, Mrs. Mary
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| Place of Use |
Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province - Ontario, Municipality - Cornwall, Township / District - Stormont, County of
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| End Date |
1915/12/31 |
| Measurements |
Height 7.4 cm, Length 15.0 cm, Width 32.2 cm |
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| Caption |
Cornwall General Hospital School of Nursing, Cornwall, Ontario, Mary (Bolton) Ryan, graduated 1918 |
| Additional Information |
Some nurses' caps resembled, in modified form, the nun's coif, to signify the respected tradition of Roman Catholic nursing and service to humanity. The coif was certainly the choice for military nurses who served in both world wars in the twentieth century. In France, nursing orders often served in military as well as civilian hospitals, a custom that gave rise, in later years, to the practice of calling all nurses who served in the military, "nursing sisters". Many Canadian nursing sisters wore a large white starched cloth, folded over their heads like a nun's coif. The classic nurse's hospital cap with turned back winged brim that most people recognize is a very modified form of the nun's coif. Excerpt from exhibition text: Symbol of a Profession: A Century of Nurses' Caps, February 2001 to January 2003 |
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Nurse Mary (Bolton) Ryan, 1918
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