Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of contributors vii
4. Preface xiv
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I Care and cure in nursing work
7. 1 Baby and infant healthcare in Dresden, 1897–1930 21
8. 2 The taste of war 35
9. 3 ‘In the company of those similarly afflicted’ 52
10. 4 ‘Hurting and caring’ 69
11. 5 A poverty of leadership 82
12. 6 Beyond the cuckoo’s nest 100
13. Part II Public health and nursing work
14. 7 The cholera epidemic of 1892 and its impact on modernising public health and nursing in Hamburg 123
15. 8 ‘Some kindred form of medical social work’ 144
16. 9 ‘Community healthcare’ 163
17. 10 Nurses in schools, coal towns and migrant camps 180
18. Index 200