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Looking Closely: Material and Visual Approaches to the Nurse’s Uniform

Looking Closely: Material and Visual Approaches to the Nurse’s Uniform METHODOLOGY Looking Closely: Material and Visual Approaches to the Nurse’s Uniform Christina Bates Canadian Museum of Civilization I start by looking at a rare and remarkably complete uniform that belonged to Edna Muir while she was a student at Montreal’s Western Hospital School for Nurses in 1917 (Figures 1 and 2). Her ankle-length dress but- tons up center-front, with long sleeves and V-neck. Th e fabric is blue cot- ton, soft from repeated washing, and printed with the entwined initials of the hospital—WHM. Let us follow Miss Muir as she dons her uniform. First she inserts the heavily starched collar carefully into the neckline of the dress. She reaches behind her neck to attach the collar to the back of the dress with a stud. She also studs the tabs together at the front of the collar, but this is not suffi cient to keep the collar in place, so she draws long tapes attached to the collar tabs over her bosom and ties them at the back of her waist. No matter how carefully it is placed, the starched collar is going to chafe her neck. Next she puts on her cumbersome bib, with shoulder straps that cross http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nursing History Review Springer Publishing

Looking Closely: Material and Visual Approaches to the Nurse’s Uniform

Nursing History Review , Volume 18 (1): 22 – Jan 1, 2010

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Springer Publishing
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1062-8061
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1938-1913
DOI
10.1891/1062-8061.18.167
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METHODOLOGY Looking Closely: Material and Visual Approaches to the Nurse’s Uniform Christina Bates Canadian Museum of Civilization I start by looking at a rare and remarkably complete uniform that belonged to Edna Muir while she was a student at Montreal’s Western Hospital School for Nurses in 1917 (Figures 1 and 2). Her ankle-length dress but- tons up center-front, with long sleeves and V-neck. Th e fabric is blue cot- ton, soft from repeated washing, and printed with the entwined initials of the hospital—WHM. Let us follow Miss Muir as she dons her uniform. First she inserts the heavily starched collar carefully into the neckline of the dress. She reaches behind her neck to attach the collar to the back of the dress with a stud. She also studs the tabs together at the front of the collar, but this is not suffi cient to keep the collar in place, so she draws long tapes attached to the collar tabs over her bosom and ties them at the back of her waist. No matter how carefully it is placed, the starched collar is going to chafe her neck. Next she puts on her cumbersome bib, with shoulder straps that cross

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Nursing History ReviewSpringer Publishing

Published: Jan 1, 2010

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