TY - JOUR
T1 - A leading nurse in World War One
T2 - Dame Maud McCarthy
AU - Shields, Linda
AU - Magee, Deborah
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Working Papers in the Health Sciences. ISSNs: 2051-6266;
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Dame Maud McCarthy was born in Sydney, Australia in 1859, the first child in a large, wealthy family. In 1889 she travelled to London, where, giving her age as a year younger than she really was, she entered the probationer’s programme at The London Hospital and trained as a nurse. She joined the military nursing establishment and served in the South African War and then as matron of several military hospitals in the United Kingdom. With the outbreak of World War One, she was made Matron-in-Chief, France and Flanders, in which position she was in charge of all the nurses from British Empire countries and the United States of America. McCarthy introduced innovations such as anaesthetic nurses, and was one of the first to recognise what was known as “shell shock”. She facilitated special nursing for men suffering from this. After the war, she became Matron-in-Chief of the Territorial Army Nursing Service. McCarthy was awarded many honours, and was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1918. She died in 1949 and was buried in London. Her influence on nursing as a profession was profound.
AB - Dame Maud McCarthy was born in Sydney, Australia in 1859, the first child in a large, wealthy family. In 1889 she travelled to London, where, giving her age as a year younger than she really was, she entered the probationer’s programme at The London Hospital and trained as a nurse. She joined the military nursing establishment and served in the South African War and then as matron of several military hospitals in the United Kingdom. With the outbreak of World War One, she was made Matron-in-Chief, France and Flanders, in which position she was in charge of all the nurses from British Empire countries and the United States of America. McCarthy introduced innovations such as anaesthetic nurses, and was one of the first to recognise what was known as “shell shock”. She facilitated special nursing for men suffering from this. After the war, she became Matron-in-Chief of the Territorial Army Nursing Service. McCarthy was awarded many honours, and was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1918. She died in 1949 and was buried in London. Her influence on nursing as a profession was profound.
KW - History, World War One nursing
UR - https://www.southampton.ac.uk/wphs/about/index.page
M3 - Article
SN - 2051-6266
VL - 1
SP - 1
EP - 4
JO - Working Papers in the Health Sciences
JF - Working Papers in the Health Sciences
IS - 14
ER -