Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Institutional Care and the Development of Fever Nursing 3. State Registration to the Decline of Fever Nursing 4. The Reality of Fever and Nursing 5. Smallpox Nursing 6. Fever Nurse Cavell in the 1890s 7. Two Influential Fever Nurses 8. Conclusion

About the Author

Margaret Currie, a registered general nurse, nurse tutor, and recently a senior lecturer at the University of Luton, has carried out extensive research into fever hospitals and fever nursing, and lectured on the subject in Britain and Canada. Her publications include articles on fever and smallpox nursing and she is a contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography (2004). She is currently Health Care Historian at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust and a Senior Research Fellow (Hon) at the University of Luton.