The Medical Services of the New Poor Law in County Durham: 1834-1910

This thesis analyses the development of New Poor Law medical services in three contrasting Durham unions from 1834 to 1914. The county makes an excellent choice to investigate these services because it experienced rapid population growth following mining and industrial expansion, which produced a disparate range of economies and communities. The thesis scrutinizes medical services in a large port town of Sunderland, the mining community of Chester-le-Street, and the vast and remote, rural Weardale. The research utilizes evidence from administrative records and surviving pauper documents in order to understand the challenges and experiences of those administering, delivering and receiving medical care. The research makes comparison with other unions across the country. The thesis analyses the development of medical services in the Durham unions, and shows that the universal New Poor Law had constant exceptions in the provision of medical services in Durham’s unions. Despite the unions spending less on medical care than other parts of England the thesis does not conclude that a north-south divide accounts for this difference. Instead, it recommends investigation into the alternative medical services available in the county which may account for the differences. Analysis of several case studies reveals the range of difficulties faced by sick paupers, medical officers and nurses, including a bureaucratic system that created conflict, settlement laws that created obstacles for the sick poor and negative attitudes of the administrators towards those in need of care. The research argues that poor law nursing contributed to the development of nursing as a profession and deserves greater recognition by historians. The thesis also exposes the inefficient administrative processes that restricted the uptake of vaccination in the three unions and concludes that compulsion did not contribute to increased uptake of vaccination in the Durham unions

Margaret Armstrong to Susan Kean, c. 1790

Margaret Armstrong wrote to Susan Kean, addressed to William Dayton\u27s, Elizabethtown, NJ. She was happy to hear Susan had a safe journey home and returned to find her son, Peter Kean, well. She remarked that he probably had a lot of questions for her. She mentioned smallpox and that her daughter, Eliza Armstrong, was doing fine. People Included: Mrs. Crugar Bell, Polly, Mrs. Macomb, and Mrs. LaGanhttps://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1790s/1148/thumbnail.jp

Samuel G. Goodrich: contributor to education

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit

Margaret Armstrong to Susan Ursin Niemcewicz, February 11, 1823

Margaret Armstrong wrote from Burlington, NJ to Susan Ursin Niemcewicz, addressed to Ursino, Elizabethtown, NJ. Margaret wrote about her health and how the cold effects her, but she grows stronger everyday. People Included: Mrs. Bradford, General Armstrong, Peter Philip James Kean, Sarah Sabina Kean, Margaret\u27s mother Places Included: Philadelphia, PA, the Delaware Riverhttps://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1820s/1031/thumbnail.jp

A Recital of Brahms Lieder

Centennial Lecture Hall April 21, 1968 8:15p.m

Capture of lipopolysaccharide (endotoxin) by the blood clot: A comparative study

In vertebrates and arthropods, blood clotting involves the establishment of a plug of aggregated thrombocytes (the cellular clot) and an extracellular fibrillar clot formed by the polymerization of the structural protein of the clot, which is fibrin in mammals, plasma lipoprotein in crustaceans, and coagulin in the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. Both elements of the clot function to staunch bleeding. Additionally, the extracellular clot functions as an agent of the innate immune system by providing a passive anti-microbial barrier and microbial entrapment device, which functions directly at the site of wounds to the integument. Here we show that, in addition to these passive functions in immunity, the plasma lipoprotein clot of lobster, the coagulin clot of Limulus, and both the platelet thrombus and the fibrin clot of mammals (human, mouse) operate to capture lipopolysaccharide (LPS, endotoxin). The lipid A core of LPS is the principal agent of gram-negative septicemia, which is responsible for more than 100,000 human deaths annually in the United States and is similarly toxic to arthropods. Quantification using theLimulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) test shows that clots capture significant quantities of LPS and fluorescent-labeled LPS can be seen by microscopy to decorate the clot fibrils. Thrombi generated in the living mouse accumulate LPS in vivo. It is suggested that capture of LPS released from gram-negative bacteria entrapped by the blood clot operates to protect against the disease that might be caused by its systemic dispersal

Changing the Dialogue and Thinking on Campus Regarding Sexual Harassment through a University-level Workshop Series for Academic Leaders, Staff, and Faculty – Moving the Needle Parts I and II

This presentation describes how one large private technical university is moving the needle in regards to sexual harassment on its campus. Through an ongoing NSF ADVANCE institutional transformation effort, a large-scale, two-day workshop focused on sexual harassment was offered in April 2019 to campus leaders, faculty, and staff. The event’s impact was strengthened through collaboration, coordination and involvement of over twenty Thought Partners from across campus who ensured that campus buy-in and involvement would maximize the impact of the programming. The workshop called Moving the Needle – Part I and II is facilitated by the University of Michigan’s CRLT Players. The workshop’s evaluation by the University of Washington Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity will also be described as well as how the evaluation results and session participant outcomes were used to promote institutional transformation (IT) on the campus. The Moving the Needle workshops are based on the 2018 NASEM Report on Sexual Harassment. In Part I, 2.5 hour session titled Shifting the Conversation around Sexual Harassment, participants gain basic knowledge on the topic while beginning to develop a reflective practice. Part I event evaluation showed that there was a strong increase in awareness around sexual harassment. In Part II, which is titled Creating a Culture Resistant to Sexual Harassment Session, participants use design thinking in this 3 hour session to envision and articulate a different, more inclusive future. Evaluation results suggested that Part II helped people think through how units can shift their cultures, and how cultures come about in units and institutions. The presentation describes the Thought Partners effort, the Moving the Needle workshop details, the detailed evaluation results based on surveys at the event end and three-weeks later, and dissemination strategy of workshop outcomes

Multi-causational approach to illness in young children: the role of psychological and social factors

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston Universit