c/lntioimcement 
Rules and Regulations 
1892-1899 
School for cNurses FIRST VIEW UPON ENTERING THE HOSPITAL 
DR. J. T. BINKLEY, JR. 
DR. ALEX. H. FERGUSON 
DR. WM. M. HARSH A 
DR. D. A. K. STEELE 
DR. WILLIAM FULLER 
DR. H. H. DEMING 
DR. W. H. WILDER 
DR. Z. H. GOING 
DR. A. R. REYNOLDS 
DR. FRED’K C. SHAFFER 
STAFF THE 
CHICAGO HOSPITAL 
TRAINING SCHOOL 
FOR NURSES :::::: 
CHICAGO 
DIRECTORS 
D. A. K. STEELE, M. D.t Pres. 
J. T. BINKLEY, Jr., M. D., Sec’y 
H. H. DEMING, M. D. 
WM. M. HARSHA, M. D. 
ALEX. H. FERGUSON, M. D. 
LEILA M. HOLMES, Supt. 
Applications and Communications should be addressed to 
DR. J. T. BINKLEY, Jr., Secretary 
452 E. Forty-ninth Street METCALF PRINTER 
CHICAGO ANNOUNCEMENT 
The Chicago Hospital Training School for Nurses, the 
outgrowth and reorganization of the Josephine Training School 
for Nurses, in which latter school our nurses were trained for 
four years, presents its announcement. 
The Josephine Training School was organized and incor- 
porated by the Secretary of the Chicago Hospital Training School. 
The course of instruction embraced a period of two years, the 
term of service was equally divided between the Chicago, the 
Charity and the Post-Graduate Hospitals. 
At the time of the organization of the Josephine Training 
School the Chicago Hospital was a small private institution, and 
occupied very limited quarters in a rented building. To-day the 
Hospital has its own beautiful home, located in the finest resi- 
dence district of our city, overlooking the magnificent Drexel 
Boulevard, and only a block distant from the famous South and 
Washington Parks. The present quarters were especially designed 
and built for the Chicago Hospital, and there are embodied in the 
structure all the essential features which an experience of several 
years has taught us were necessary. There are fifty private 
rooms for patients, operating rooms, bath rooms, dressing rooms, 
diet kitchens, laboratories, a complete drug department, steam 
laundry plant, electric light plant, sterilizing and disinfecting 
apparatus, and liberal quarters for the entire serving staff. 
The growth of the Chicago Hospital from a small twelve-bed 
hospital, to an institution such as above described, has made it 
necessary for us to establish a Training School under our 
exclusive supervision. 
Of the Josephine Training School for Nurses, and its twenty- 
eight good and efficient graduates, we shall ever have the fondest 
recollection. For the alumnae we cherish the same affection, as 
though we were in truth, as we are in spirit, their Alma Mater. 
The Chicago Hospital Training School is still their home, under 
a different name. 
Very respectfully, 
J. T. BINKLEY, Jr , M. D., 
Secretary. 
3 THE CHICAGO HOSPITAL TRAINING SCHOOL 
FOR NURSES 
THE object of the school is to train young women in all 
departments of Medical, Surgical and Obstetrical nursing. 
The course is two years—the pupil to reside in the hospital 
during her term of service. 
Each pupil will be allowed one month of vacation during this 
period of service, but shall be required to make up all time over 
one month that may be lost, from any cause. She shall be over 20 
and under 30 years of age. 
An applicant for admission to the school must present a phy- 
sician’s certificate of health, and a certificate of good character. 
She must hold a teacher’s certificate, a high school diploma, or 
pass a satisfactory examination in the common school branches. 
All applications should be made to the secretary of the school, in the 
applicant’s handwriting, and must be accompanied by above certifi- 
cates. Pupils may begin their service at any time. 
All pupils entering the school will be put upon probation for 
thirty days. At the end of the probationary period, if they are 
accepted, they shall begin the regular course of training, which is 
two years. The month of probation will be allowed to the five 
nurses each year who have the highest average marks in studies 
and work. 
The examination and recommendation of probationers will be 
made by the secretary, or superintendent. 
Nurses shall be required to attend 60 per cent, of all lectures 
given during their course, except when nursing private cases; 
they shall conform to all of the Rules and Regulations of the 
school, and they may be suspended or dismissed from the 
school at any time for good cause. 
In case of sickness, all pupils excepting probationers, and 
those who have entered the school with physicial defects, shall be 
entitled to receive gratuitous care. 
Pupils will not be excused from duty on account of sickness at 
home, excepting in extreme cases. 
When a pupil has completed the full term of study and nursing, 
and passed a satisfactory examination, a diploma certifying 
these facts will be issued by the school. TUITION 
A fee of One Hundred Dollars, for the Course and Diploma, 
must be paid or secured by the pupil upon entering the school. 
Inasmuch as a fee is charged for the course, we list below 
some of the advantages which the school offers to applicants. 
First.—We claim that the Chicago Hospital is the finest 
private hospital in the world, and gives the best course of training. 
Second.—Our patients come principally from well-to-do fami- 
lies, whose acquaintance is a great advantage to the nurse in 
future life. 
Third.—Our nurses are always in demand, and are usually 
employed when others are idle. 
Fourth.—Our course of training is- superior, our pupils are 
superior. The home life of the nurse is charming. Our course 
is two years, and the work is easier than in most schools, so that 
the pupil is not entirely worn out when she completes her course 
of training in the Chicago Hospital Training School, which is 
frequently the case after a course in a public hospital. 
UNIFORMS 
The outdoor uniform of the Chicago Hospital (see last page of 
cover) is made of light blue army cloth, and was especially 
designed for the school. The uniform, coat, cape and hat costs the 
pupil $35.00. With proper care it looks well after three years’ 
wear. Pupils are required to wear the uniform while in training. 
Pupils entering the school will be required to sign an agree- 
ment to comply with all rules and regulations, and they must also 
agree to leave all uniforms, if, for any reason, they leave the 
school. The school will undertake to dispose of the uniform and 
refund to the pupil the entire proceeds of the sale, and will refund 
to the pupil the tuition fee, less $10.00 for each month the pupil 
has been in training. 
RULES 
Section 1. The Superintendent shall be a graduate of a 
Training School for Nurses, and shall be elected by the Board of 
Directors of the Hospital. She shall have immediate charge of 
SUPERINTENDENT OF TRAINING SCHOOL 
5 the nursing in the Hospital, of all persons employed in the 
wards, and the instruction and management of the nurses in 
the Training School. 
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to have the 
directions for nursing and care of patients, given by the Attending 
Staff <or, in their absence, by the interne), carefully executed by 
the nurses under her charge. 
RULES FOR NURSES 
The pupils of the Chicago Hospital Training School for Nurses 
shall be subject to the supervision of the Medical Staff, be under 
the charge of the Superintendent and reside at the Hospital. 
They shall be classified as Surgical Nurses, Head Nurses, 
Special Nurses and Probationers. 
HEAD NURSE 
The duties of the Head Nurse shall be those of the Superin- 
tendent when for any reason that official is absent from the 
Hospital. At all other times she shall perform the duties as 
follows: 
Section 1. She shall instruct the Assistant Nurses in the 
principles and practice of nursing, see that they are constantly on 
duty during their hours of service, and leave clear and correct 
orders for the night nurse, and have everything in perfect order 
for the reception of the night nurse. 
Sec. 2. She shall see that all nurses on night duty are 
prompt, faithful and watchful in the discharge of their duties, that 
no probationers are assigned to night duty, and that the floors are 
never left without nurses. She shall, as far as practicable, assign 
senior nurses only for the care of capital surgical cases. She 
shall regulate the warming and ventilation of the wards and service 
rooms; she shall give special attention to patients dangerously 
ill and to all emergencies which may arise. 
Sec. 3. She shall superintend the administration of all 
medicines that are ordered to be given, and the recording of the 
same at the time of its administration, and under no circumstances 
administer any form of treatment or medicine which has not 
been ordered by the Attending or House Surgeon. 
6 Sec. 4. She shall have charge of the medicine closets, 
clothes closets and bath rooms, and shall see that they are kept in 
perfect order, and shall each morning examine and test carefully 
all hypodermic syringes, clinical thermometers, and other 
apparatus employed, and report promptly any defects to the 
Superintendent. 
Sec. 5. She shall also have supervision over nurses having 
important surgical cases; shall see that the patients’ meals are 
promptly served, and that they are satisfactory, so far as possible. 
During the last quarter of a nurse’s training she is employed 
for two months exclusively in the operating rooms. 
Three nurses are always on duty in the operating rooms. 
They are known as Senior, Junior and Assistant Surgical Nurses. 
Here they are taught the formulae and personally prepare all 
dressings, solutions, etc. 
Section 1. The Surgical Nurses shall assist at all operations. 
They shall see that the operating room is properly cleaned and 
put in order before and after each operation, under the direction of 
the Superintendent. 
Sec. 2. They shall prepare and have exclusive charge of all 
surgical dressings and appliances, and shall each morning 
deliver to the Head Nurses such supplies as may be required for 
the day. 
SURGICAL NURSE 
7 COURSE OF INSTRUCTION 
1.—GENERAL NURSING 
a. Care of wards and private rooms, with the principles of 
ventilating and warming the same. 
b. Bed-making: changing bed and body linen while patient 
is in bed; baths; management of helpless patients; pre- 
vention and treatment of bed-sores. 
c. Application and dressing of blisters; preparation and 
application of fomentations, poultices and cups; adminis- 
tration of enemata, and the use of the catheter. 
d. Observation of temperature, pulse, respiration, secretions 
and execretions. 
2—MEDICAL NURSING 
a. Administration of medicines, stimulants and nutriments. 
b. Massage. 
C. Disinfection and prevention of disease. 
3.—SURGICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL NURSING 
a. Care of patients before, during and after operation. 
b. Care of burns, wounds and ulcers; prevention and control 
of hemorrhage; artificial respiration. 
■ c. Bandage-making and bandaging; padding splints; prepar- 
ation of aseptic and antiseptic dressing; care, names and 
uses of instruments. 
4— OBSTETRICAL NURSING 
5— DIETETICS TEXT BOOKS 
Pupils are required to provide the following- text books: 
Nursi ng—Stoney- Wise. 
Therapeutics—Biddle. 
Materia Medica—Dock-Graff. 
Anatomy—Kimber. 
Physiology—Kimber. 
Medicine—Cuff. 
A reference medical library is furnished by the hospital, to 
which all pupils have free access. ORDER OF LECTURES, CHICAGO HOSPITAL 
Lecture days the First Four Tuesdays and 
SUBJECT 
Electricity. Fevers, Infectious Diseases, their treatment, diet, etc. 
Surgery, Asepsis. Antiseptics, Micro-organisms, their growth, effect upon 
wounds, etc. 
Bacteriology and Contagious Diseases. 
Gynaecology, the preparation of patients for abdominal section, method of 
giving vaginal, uterine and vesical douches, etc. 
Surgical technique, Primary and Emergency Dressings, Hemorrhages, 
Bandaging, etc. 
Obstetrics, preparation of lying-in patients, Tying and dressing the cord, 
Delivery of the placenta, subsequent care of child and mother, etc. 
The first care of infants, their growth and development, feeding, maternal 
and artificial. 
Urinalysis, Diagnosis of retention and suppression of urine, use and kinds 
of catheters, and the proper care of same, etc. 
Anatomy. 
Chemistry and Materia Medica. 
Physiology. 
Clinical Microscopy. 
Massage. 
The care of neurasthenic patients. 
General nursing. Preparation of gauze and instruments, Sterilization, Deport- 
ment, etc. 
Anaesthesia. 
Medical Emergencies, Poisons, Antidotes, Syncope and Resuscitation. TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES 
the First Four Fridays of each month 
LECTURER 
Number 
of 
Lectures 
DAY 
MONTH 
DR. H. H. DEMING. 
8 
First Tues. 
Jan. to Aug. incl. 
DR. D. A. K. STEELE. 
6 
Second Tues. 
Jan. to Jun. incl. 
DR. WM. K. JACQUES. 
6 
Second Tues. 
JuLYto Dec. incl. 
DR. J. T. BINKLEY, Jr. 
8 
First Friday. 
May to Dec. incl. 
DR. WM. M. HARSHA. 
6 
Second Fri. 
Jan. to Jun. incl. 
DR. FRANK CARY. 
4 
Third Tues. 
Jan. to Apr. incl. 
DR. C. E. KURTZ. 
4 
Third Tues. 
May to Aug. incl. 
DR. J. C. COOK. 
6 
Second Fri. 
JuLYto Dec. incl. 
DR. H. WERNECK GENTLES. 
6 
Third Friday. 
Jan. to Jun. incl. 
DR. RALPH S. GRACE. 
4 
First Tues. 
Sept.to DEC.incl. 
SENIOR INTERNE. 
4 
Third Tues. 
Sept.to DEC.incl. 
JUNIOR INTERNE. 
4 
First Friday. 
Jan. to Apr. incl. 
DR. PALMER FINLEY. 
2 
Fourth Tues. 
July-August. 
MRS. J. R. OUTERBRIDGE. 
6 
Third Friday. 
JuLYto Jan. incl. 
DR. A. E. GARCEAU. 
4 
Fourth Tues. 
Sept.to DEC.incl. 
LEILA HOLMES, Supt. 
24 
Mondays. 
Wednesdays. 
Each Month. 
DR. MARIE L. WHITE. 
3 
Fourth Tues. 
Jan. Feb. and 
March. 
DR. BERTHA VAN HOOSEN. 
3 
Fourth Tues. 
April, May and 
June. POST-GRADUATE COURSE 
After April 1, 1899, the Chicago Hospital Training School for 
Nurses will give special training to a limited number of desirable 
candidates. 
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION 
The especial feature of this training will be a course of not 
more than two, or less than one month, in operating rooms, 
where the pupil will personally assist at ail operations. She will 
be instructed in the use of modern sterilizing and disinfecting ap- 
paratus, the preparation of solutions, gauzes and dressings, and 
receive printed formulae of all such work. 
All surgical training will be under the direction of the Senior 
Surgical Nurse, as described on page 7. The course will corres- 
pond in all other respects, as to lectures, work and hours, to the 
training of the Senior Nurse. 
ELEGIBILITY 
An applicant for admission to this course must be either a 
graduate of a recognized training school for nurses, must have at- 
tended a training school one year or more and practiced three 
years, or must have been engaged in nursing for five or more 
years. 
She must, in addition to the above, comply with all the require- 
ments and rules of the Chicago Hospital Training School for 
Nurses. 
Graduates of other schools may receive the Diploma of the 
Chicago Hospital Training School for Nurses upon the com- 
pletion of a six months’ Post-Graduate Course. 
A CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE will be furnished to all 
nurses who have attended the course for any length of time, but 
diplomas of our training school will be furnished only to pupils 
who are graduates of other training schools, and then only after 
a Post-Graduate Course of six months, as stated above. 
TUITION 
The tuition for a six months’ course will be ONE HUNDRED 
DOLLARS. The pupil may take part of the course at one time 
and the remainder at a subsequent time. 
12 QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED BY 
APPLICANT 
1. Christian name in full of applicant. 
2. Date and place of birth; height; weight. 
3. In what school or schools educated? What has been your 
occupation since? 
4. Are you single, married or a widow? 
5. State whether you have or have had children? How many? 
Their ages and how provided for? 
6. Are you free from domestic responsibility, and not liable to 
be called away? 
7. Are you strong and healthy, and have you always been so? 
8. Have you any physical defects? 
9. Have you any uterine disease, or tendency to pulmonary 
complaint? 
10. Are you a member of any church? If so, what? 
1 1. Have you ever been probationer or nurse in any hospital or 
asylum? 
12. Give names and addresses of two persons for reference as to 
your character. State how long each has known you. If 
previously employed, one of these must be the last 
employer. 
13. Have you read, and do you fully understand these questions 
and the foregoing conditions and regulations? 
14. Do you promise to obey and conform to the same. 
15. When could you report for duty? 
Signed 
Applicant. 
Present Address 
Date 
13 REGISTRY FOR NURSES 
The Directors of the Training School have established a 
registry for their graduates, where Medical, Surgical and Obstet- 
rical Nurses can be obtained. Applications for Nurses may be 
made to the hospital, 452 E. 49th Street. Telephone, 439 Oak. 
We very much prefer a personal interview with all applicants; 
when this cannot be had we require a photograph of the appli- 
cant. If the photograph is to be returned the necessary postage 
must accompany it. 
No application will be considered unless every requirement 
shallTiave been complied with. 
IMPORTANT 
14 THE GRADUATES OF THE JOSEPHINE 
TRAINING SCHOOL 
CLASS OF 1894 
Alice Fleming 
Susie V. Cassidy 
CLARA L. FINN 
Sadie Tilton 
Hattie G. Doran 
CLASS OF 1895 
Miss Fannie e. Morgan, galva, ill. 
miss Ida C. Miskelly, Chicago, 
miss talida nachtrieb, Chicago. 
Miss Josie Mae Shields, macomb, ill. 
MISS HELENA C. CETTERT, SWEETLAND, IA. 
Miss a. Marie Burns, carthage, n. y. 
miss Cleo. Case, macomb, ill. 
miss Evelyn E. hulburt, peterson, iowa. 
MISS EMMA M. GEYER, POMEROY, OHIO. 
MISS MELINDA WINDSOR, TORONTO, ONT- 
MISS ALICE A. MCPHEETERS, BIRMINGHAM, ALA. 
Miss Marion L. Christie, englewood, ill. 
Miss Mattie E. Snider, Hartford, kan. 
Mrs. Hattie V. Russ, benton harbor, mich. 
Miss Alma F. Roswell, skofde, Sweden. 
Ethel Annie ryerson Martha M. Shepard 
Jessie Gilbert Cornell Nora Chapman 
Kathleen bradner 
CLASS OF 1896 
15 THE CHICAGO HOSPITAL TRAINING SCHOOL 
FOR NURSES 
CLASS OF 1897 
Mildred E. Stevens, honeoye, n. y. 
Caroline C. Small, franklin, ind. 
Carrie gunning, amboy, ill. 
Georgia Taggart, Oakland, md. 
Emily halson brown, woodstock, can. 
Mary Whitney, green bay, wis. 
Isabella Halson Brown, woodstock, can. 
Lucy Martin, rantoul, ill. 
CLASS OF 1898 
Margaret Miller, Lincoln, neb. 
Agnes Ennis, Chicago, ill. 
Emma w. Crawford, kalamazoo, mich. 
Ella V. Darling, kalamazoo, mich. 
ROMAINE S. PETER, CHICAGO, ILL. 
Mary E. Hess, tacoma, wash. 
Katharine Lallie, dixon, ill. 
CLASS OF 1899 
IRENE MOORE WELSH, MADISON, WIS. 
alma Elizabeth Hall, battle creek, mich. 
Edith Marion Briggs, Honeoye, n. y. 
Effie Chamberlain, Chicago, ill. 
May Middleton, Hamilton, ont. 
Margaret Eakin, columbus grove, ohio. 
lulu ball, madison, wis. 
Mary Crosby, Indianapolis, ind. 
LYDIA THIELE, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 
ALICE WISE, COLUMBUS, NEB. 
16 OPEN FIREPLACES 
MAHOGANY FURNITURE 
BRASS BEDSTEADS AND 
ORIENTAL RUGS, WITH 
UNEXCELLED NURSING AND 
FIRST-CLASS PROFESSIONAL 
CARE, AT MODERATE PRICES 
ARE SOME OF THE INDUCE- 
MENTS OF THE CHICAGO 
HOSPITAL A CHICAGO HOSPITAL NURSE