Person    | Female  Born 1/4/1836  Died 8/2/1894

Zepherina Veitch

Categories: Medicine

Countries: France

Nurse and midwife. She trained at University College Hospital and at the British Lying-in Hospital.  In 1868 she took charge of the surgical wards at King’s College Hospital, and a year later was appointed as Superintendent of Nurses at St George’s Hospital. During the Franco-Prussian War she nursed in France, and on her return became Sister-in-charge at Charing Cross Hospital. She devoted herself to improving the status and efficiency of midwives.

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Zepherina Veitch

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Rosalind Paget and Zepherina Veitch

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