The Hospital A Weekly Institutional Journal of Science, Medicine, Nursing, and Philanthropy. Vol. IX. October, 1890 to March, 1891

First edition. 4to. ( 281mm. ) Pp. [2] iii - vii [1], [1] 2 - 366 cxlviii. With the monthly supplement " The Nursing Mirror " paginated in Roman Numerals. Text illustrations. Contents clean. Publisher's dark burgundy cloth backed boards worn, toe of the spine frayed, corners bumped with the boards peeping through. Includes the annual Index. This weekly journal was first published in 1886 by Sir Henry Burdett ( 1847 - 1920 ), who also edited the title, at first alone and later jointly. From October 1921 The Hospital was published on a monthly basis as The Hospital and Health Review. " From 1935, The Hospital was merged with The Hospital Gazette, which itself had been founded in 1905 and was the official organ of The British Hospitals Association and The Incorporated Association of Hospital Officers. Latterly it was published as The Hospital and Health Services Review (from 1972) by the Institute of Health Service Management, London, which also publishes The IHSM Health Services year book. From 1988 the journal was known as Health Services Management " - from " Archives in London and the M25 area.".…