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cannot learn the exact date of the paper ; but , from the names which are appendedit is clear that it must have been circulated about
, thirty years ago , —L e ., not only long- before the establishment of the Institution in Devonshire SquareLondon ( 1840 ) and St .
John ' s House , ( 1848 , ) but even before , the beg , inning , of Pastor Fliedner ' s operations at Kaiserswerthand the founding of the House
, of Deaconesses in Paris . It seemed to me due to those who pointed but the road which has now been followed , to mention the document
with this particularity . But the roadthough pointed outwas not really travelled
imme-, , diately . Many years elapsed before any practical steps were found possible ; and , like many other useful undertakings , this began
amidst discussion and difference of opinion . The first definite movement came from a conversation early in 1855 between the late
Mr . Bickersteth , whose professional skill and Christian excellence will long be remembered , ( and who , I believe , was more than any one else
the author of the document above quoted , ) and Dr . Baylee of Birkenhead , whose enthusiasm and ability are always ready for works
whether of charity or difficulty . In the discussions which followed , two opinions came prominently into view as to the best mode of
organizing an institution having for its object the better nursing of the sick . One suggested method was more ecclesiastical , the other
more free : according to one plan the higher functionaries , actually working in the institution , were to be educated ladies , giving
voluntary service ; the other provided simply for paid nurses , carefully chosen as to character and fitness , but acting on the principle
of work done and wages received . The two types are found in the two above-mentioned London institutions , and I think it could not
be otherwise than a blessing to this town and its neighbourhood if such were the case here also . There is abundant room in Liverpool
and Birkenhead for two such institutions ; and perhaps the time may come when we shall see them here . Meantime one has been
established , since the latter part of 1855 , on the second of the two systems—i . e . with arrangements not by any means rigidly
_eccle-,, siastical , and providing only for the services of nurses who are paid . This is the institution of which I hold the third Report in my hand .
The end and aim of the Institution is stated very explicitly in this document ( pp . 34 . ) " It is intendedin the first placeto
sup-, , , ply a want constantly felt , both by medical men and by friends of the sick , of good and competent nurses , whose character and conduct
may be thoroughly relied on . It is also intended to afford the relief of kind and careful attention , at a comparatively low rate , to
those who are unable to pay the sum expected from others who are in more afnuent circumstances ; andin the third place , to grant the
services of the nurses gratuitously to , the poor , in cases where the committee have good reason for believing that the payment of even
a small sum would be more than the means of the patient were able to bear . "
22 The Tkaxning And Employment Of Nurses...
22 THE _TKAXNING AND EMPLOYMENT OF NURSES .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1859, page 22, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031859/page/22/
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