Handwritten on page: "Centrifuge: Rotates at a speed of 2400 RPM to separate blood cells from blood plasma. The plasma is then stored in Blood Bank for emergency treatment of burns, etc."
Handwritten on page: "Perfection Operating Table: this new type of table permits nurse, without changing her position, to place the table at any angle the surgeon might suggest. This is accomplished by placing all the controls at head of table."
Hospitals; Bombings; Emergency medical services; Nurses; Children
Printed on front: "Little patients being evacuated from the Hospital for Sick Children, London, WC1 after it had received a direct hit. Everyone was saved and the hospital carries on."
Hospitals; Charitable organizations; Fund raising;
Invitation from the Mary Washington Hospital to William du Pont Sr. requesting that du Pont be one of one hundred fifty donors of one thousand dollars each to support the construction of a new building for the hospital.
Handwritten on back: "Mr. and Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont laying corner stone. Chester County Hospital, West Chester, Pa, 1924. Used in Better Living in January 1950"
Handwritten on back: "Mr. and Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont laying corner stone. Chester County Hospital, West Chester, Pa, 1924. Used in Better Living in January 1950"
