A former Air Force surgeon, Thomas Frist founded Hospital Corp. of America in 1968, took it public three times, and amassed an enormous amount of personal wealth. Now, Hospital Corp. operates 179 hospitals in the U.S. and London. Texas: Alice Walton Rick T. Wilking // Getty Images Texa...
Conditions in Cairo were unsanitary, causing disease and epidemics to spread quickly. There was no hospital facility. John Logan seized a small hotel for hospital purposes. Mary traveled to Carbondale and Marion to obtain furnishings for the hospital. Upon her arrival, she appealed to friends and ...
veterinary hospital helped Penelope Austin to decide on a career. For "the duration" (of WWII) she was to help her uncle, taking the place of his assistant who had joined the army. At the end of that time there were two possibilities: college or marriage. A touch of romance adds to...
There are three in the series: Nurse Matilda, Nurse Matilda Goes to Town, and Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital. They are small-format books and she does wear black with jet beads. If you do a search for Nurse Matilda, you can see a photo of a boxed set of the books. Surprised no ...
I am looking for a book about a queen of dolls who comes each night in a coach that might be drawn by mice and takes forgotten and mistreated dolls to a hospital. It may have been written in the 30's. It was my grandmother's book. My mom really liked it when she was a kid ...
A girl ends up in the hospital with, perhaps, polio. She has a painful recovery and must learn to walk again. When she is sent home there is a horse who is also lame and recovering. At some point the girl must get on the horse at night to ride for help or to safety because some...