Agnes Hunt (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Dame Agnes Gwendoline Hunt DBE RRC is generally recognised as the first orthopaedic nurse. She was born at Boreatton Park, Baschurch, a village in west Shropshire, England, and was disabled from osteomyelitis of the hip that she suffered from as a child following septicaemia. In 1887, she began training as a nurse at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Rhyl and opened a convalescent home for crippled children at Florence House in Baschurch in 1900 which espoused the theory of open-air treatment. In 1901, she sought treatment for her own condition from a Liverpool surgeon, Robert Jones. She invited him to visit the convalescent home and he eventually began travelling there on a regular basis to provide treatment to the children. By 1907, they had built an operating theatre and they introduced the diagnostic use of X-rays in 1913. During World War I, Florence House was used to treat wounded soldiers. In 1918, Hunt was awarded the insignia of the Royal Red Cross for her contribution during the war.