Previous eds. by Lavinia L. Dock and Isabel M. Stewart, have title: A short history of nursing. Located in NURSING HISTORY COLLECTION.

Part I -- 1. Orientation To Nursing History -- 2. Care Of The Sick In The Ancient World -- Influence Of The Early Church -- 4. Aristocratic And Military Influences -- 5. Democratic And Secular Tendencies -- 6. Dark Period And Dawn Of Modern Times -- 7. The Nightingale Revolution In Britain -- 8. Nursing In The New World From Early To Modern Times -- Part II -- 9. Plan For A World View Of Modern Nursing -- 10. Great Britain And Ireland -- 11. The United States Of America -- 12. Canada -- 13. Australia -- 14. Northern Europe -- 15. Central And Southern Europe -- 16. Eastern Europe -- 17. Asia -- 18. Central And South America And The Caribbean Islands -- 19. Africa -- 20. Major International Agencies And Trends -- General Bibliography -- Index --