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Dress Waist Jacket. Nursing Sister Alma
Florence Finnie, First World War. Canadian Nurses Association Collection
Unique to the collection, this is an example of the dress
uniform waist jacket worn by Canadian nursing sisters during the
First World War. This uniform, which marked a departure from the
khaki colour used earlier, was designed by Georgina Fane Pope
and adopted into service in 1907.
CWM 20000105-006
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Cap. John H. Stratford Hospital School
of Nursing, Brantford, Ontario, 1895-1912. Gloria (Barwell) Kay
Nurses' Caps Collection
This is the oldest cap in the collection, made of fine linen and
delicate lace.
CMC 1999.267.32
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Instrument Kit. Royal Victoria Hospital,
Montreal, 1919. Canadian Nurses Association Collection
This portable kit carried all the necessary equipment for a
nurse: vials, beakers, probes, scalpel, tweezers, forceps and
scale.
CMC 2000.111.492.1-18
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School Pin. Hôtel-Dieu de
Québec Hospital School of Nursing, Quebec City.
Canadian Nurses Association Collection
This pin is in the shape of a fleur de lis, indicating
the establishment of the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec
during the French regime (1600s).
CMC 2000.111.123
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Notebook. Materia Medica class
notes, Prince Edward Island Hospital, 1894. Canadian Nurses
Association Collection
As part of their training, nurses learned the properties and
uses of medicinal substances.
CMC 2000.111.134
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