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After the birth of her two daughters, Edith Cotterill returned to work in the 1950s as a district nurse. Whether she was ridding ageing spinsters of fleas or dishing out penicillin and enemas, Edith approached even the most wayward of patients with humour, compassion and warmth
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Nurse on call : the true story of a 1950s district nurse, Edith Cotterill
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- Released
- 2010
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Edith Cotterill
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0091937566
- ISBN13
- 9780091937560
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, Health & Medicine, Medicine, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Medicine
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- After the birth of her two daughters, Edith Cotterill returned to work in the 1950s as a district nurse. Whether she was ridding ageing spinsters of fleas or dishing out penicillin and enemas, Edith approached even the most wayward of patients with humour, compassion and warmth




