Nursing thru' the ages

During the recent Cook Hospital nurses' reunion a parade of costumes was held. These costumes depicted nursing attire through the ages and were modelled by present staff of the hospital. From left, across the top: Mary Pokai in the costume of St. Francis of Assisi. Diana Dowding in the Knight Templar attire of the military era. Juliet Thomas as Fabiola, a Roman lady, said to have built the first Christian hospital in A.D.390, Margaret O'Sullivan as St. Hilda.

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Joy Hickling in the Cook Hospital uniform of 1926 and Helen Ledger wearing the hospital matron's uniform of 1913. Sister M. Newing as Phoebe, a friend of St. Paul's A.D. 60, Mary-Anne Barton as Hygia, the Greek Goddess of Health.