An illustrated history of the Devon Cottage Hospital, the Devon Public Hospital and the Mersey General Hospital in Latrobe, northern Tasmania — tracing a century of hospital care in the region from 1887 to 1987. Written by John R. Wilson and published as a numbered limited edition of 1,000 copies to mark the centenary.
The book covers the establishment of hospital services in the Latrobe and Mersey districts — the buildings, the staff, the patients and the gradual development of what became the Mersey General Hospital, serving the communities of the north-west coast and the Mersey Valley through a century of significant change in medical practice and hospital organisation.
At 306 pages with black and white photographs throughout and a full index, this is a thorough piece of Tasmanian medical and social history — useful for anyone with family connections to medical service in the Latrobe and north-west districts, or for researchers of Tasmanian hospital and nursing history.
This copy is number 793 of 1,000 — not signed.
CONDITION
- Used, generally good condition.
- Light marks to dust jacket.
- Eraser mark on first page — see photos.
- Pages in very good condition.
BOOK DETAILS
- Hardcover with dust jacket.
- 306 pages, indexed.
- Black and white photographs.
- Numbered limited edition: 793 of 1,000. Not signed.
- Published 1987. Out of print.
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