Clent Books (Est.1977)
BARNES, Stanley THE BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS CENTRE , Birmingham, U.K: Stanford and Mann, 1952.First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Book in very good condition, just slightly bumped by top outer corner edge, otherwise in fine condition. Illustrated front board. The Coat-of-Arms of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital ion colour on the dustjacket and front board. Dustjacket in very good condition, five tiny nicks at top spine edge, top outer corner edges very slightly rubbed. xxi, 144pp, including Index. With frontispiece, 6 illustrations, diagram layout of wards, and two-page folding map (the site of the Hospitals Centre 1930). From 'Foreword' How some far-sighted and public-spirited individuals, realised there was a need for a large and modern general hospital as a centre, and secondly, that it should be a teaching hospital, and that a well-equipped medical school should be close by. The author tells of the origin of this scheme, of the troubles met and overcome, and of the formation of the 'Hospitals Centre'. He also tells of the completion so far as practicable of the great modern hospital now called the 'Queen Elizabeth'; of the Nuffield Nurses' Home; and of the Medical School. (9¼"h x 7"h) (24cms x 18.5cms) approx. (Book ref. 7338) £28.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Clent Books (Est.1977) , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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