The history of medicine is, to a great extent, a history of doctors, but nurses have stood alongside physicians for centuries – providing some of the most difficult care with little fanfare. The University of Virginia is hoping to correct that injustice – putting a large and intriguing archive of photographs, documents and tools of the nursing trade online as Sandy Hausman reports.
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