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:*Nurse training at the General Hospital, [[Madras]] and the Cama Hospital, [[Bombay]] was also mentioned. The latter is a hospital for women and children. It subsequently became affiliated with the Grant Medical College in 1923 and part of the Sir J.J. Hospital Group.
:*“The nursing of Europeans in India has been met to some extent in the large towns by the Clewer, Wantage and All Saints Sisterhoods and kindred private institutions." (Refer [[Nurse#Religious Orders|Religious Orders]] below).
 
===Training===
Historical UK Nursing Journals Online is a searchable database of PDF images showing journal pages. [http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/ Search] ''The Nursing Record'' / ''The British Journal of Nursing'' 1888-1956 image database. There are many mentions of India in these Journals.
 
===Nurse Registration===
===Religious Orders===
*The [http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/windsor1999/csjb01.html Clewer Sisters] were Sisters from the Anglican Community of St John the Baptist from Clewer (near Windsor in England) who came to Calcutta in 1881. They were involved with nursing at the Calcutta General Hospital and also with nurse training through the Calcutta Hospital Nurses Institution, which was based at the Lady Canning Home. This [http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/books/raj.html link] describes the book ''Sisters of the Raj'' by Valerie Bonham, (which is available at the British Library), [http://books.google.com/books?id=JkrFAAAACAAJ No Preview Google Books]<br>They were involved with nursing at the Calcutta General Hospital and also with nurse training through the Calcutta Hospital Nurses Institution, which was based at the Lady Canning Home.
*The book ''All Saints Sisters of the Poor: an Anglican Sisterhood in the Nineteenth Century '' by Susan Mumm (published 2001 ) [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=XNS_KBCil2AC&pg=PR14 Limited View Google Books] indicates this order was in India from 1878.
*The book ''A History of Christianity (Volume VI) the Great Century in Northern Africa and Asia 1800-1914 '' [http://books.google.com/books?id=ET8OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA141 Limited View Google Books] indicates that the Wantage Sisters ([http://www.csmv.co.uk/WantageOverseas.htm Community of St Mary the Virgin],Wantage, Oxfordshire), an Anglican Order , were in [[Bombay ]] and [[Poona ]] from 1874.
''Stolen Daughters, Virgin Mothers: Anglican Sisterhoods in Victorian Britain '' by Susan Mumm (1999 ) [http://books.google.com/books?id=QY9qP8pC0uoC&pg=PA8 Limited View Google Books] gives more details about these three Orders.
==Military Nurses in India==
The Indian Nursing Service for the [[British Army]] in India was founded in 1888. Nurses were recruited in England. The service became known as Queen Alexandra's Military Nursing Service for India in 1903, and in 1926 was amalgamated with Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service. This [http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/8.html link] gives more details. Select 'British Military Nurses ' and scroll down to Queen Alexandra's Military Nursing Service for India.<br>Books<br>A Memoir by Catharine Grace Loch, Royal Red Cross, Senior Lady Superintendent Queen Alexandra's Military Nursing Service for India published 1905 [http://www.archive.org/details/catharinegracel01bradgoog Archive.org Full View] [http://books.google.com/books?id=0pUPAAAAYAAJ No preview Google Book]<br>The Maturing Sun: an Army Nurse in India 1942-1945 by A Bolton 1986 (Available at the B.L.) [http://books.google.com/books?id=S3E_IwAACAAJ No Preview Google Books]<br>Sister Sahibs; the VAD's with the 14th Army, 1944-46 by M Robertson 1987 (Available at the B.L.) [http://books.google.com/books?id=MHFXAAAACAAJ No Preview Google Books] 
===Records at the British Library about Military Nursing===
*Nursing sisters and higher ranks are recorded in the Indian Army List from 1891. Staff Nurses are recorded from 1926.
Other records are listed on this [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpsubject/history/genealogy/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/indianmedicalservice/indianmedical.html British Library webpage].
 
===Books===
*''A Memoir, by Catharine Grace Loch, Royal Red Cross, Senior Lady Superintendent Queen Alexandra's Military Nursing Service for India'' (published 1905) [http://www.archive.org/details/catharinegracel01bradgoog Archive.org Full View] [http://books.google.com/books?id=0pUPAAAAYAAJ No preview Google Book]
*''The Maturing Sun: an Army Nurse in India 1942-1945'' by A Bolton (1986). Available at the BL [http://books.google.com/books?id=S3E_IwAACAAJ No Preview Google Books]
*''Sister Sahibs; the VAD's with the 14th Army, 1944-46'' by M Robertson (1987). Available at the BL [http://books.google.com/books?id=MHFXAAAACAAJ No Preview Google Books]
==Other Libraries and Archives==
*Royal College Of Nursing [http://www.rcn.org.uk/development/library/archives/contactus Royal College Of Nursing Archives] in Edinburgh. You need to discuss your requirements with the Archives Librarian and to book an appointment prior to visiting.<br>Royal College Of Nursing :*[http://rcn-library.rcn.org.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/HD7MJcxPP6/LONDON/190020009/60/502/X Library Catalogue] :*[http://rcn-library.rcn.org.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/dCUw9Cq23w/LONDON/273170024/1/30/X/BLASTOFF Library in London] *Restricted Online Archive from Teachers College Library, Columbia University:*[http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/browse/32085 The Adelaide Nutting Historical Nursing Collection]:*[http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/browse/32108 Archives of the Department of Nursing Education]:Search in “search and browse all items” using 'India, nurse' to see the books available. It may be possible to gain access to these online books. [http://library.tc.columbia.edu/col_policy.php Read this page] to find out how to [http://library.tc.columbia.edu/support.php?dq=pk_problem contact the University Library].
*Restricted Online Archive from Teachers College Library, Columbia University<br>
[http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/browse/32085 The Adelaide Nutting Historical Nursing Collection] and [http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/browse/32108 Archives of the Department of Nursing Education].Search in “search and browse all items” using India, nurse to see the books available.<br> It may be possible to gain access to these online books.
[http://library.tc.columbia.edu/col_policy.php Read this page] to find out how to
[http://library.tc.columbia.edu/support.php?dq=pk_problem contact the University Library]
==FIBIS resources==

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