Nurse Elizabeth (Betty) Francis (later Elizabeth West) with patient, Christmas 1948


Title	Nurse Elizabeth (Betty) Francis (later Elizabeth West) with patient, Christmas 1948
Description	This photograph depicts Nurse Elizabeth (Betty) Francis) (later West) with a patient at Christmas 1948 in the Rockhampton Hospital. The photograph was published in The Morning Bulletin with the caption "Nurse Betty Francis helped Lawrence Newman to forget his broken arm on Christmas morning at the Rockhampton General Hospital. It was Lawrence's second day in hospital" . Notes with the photograph also ask viewers to note the home-made Gallow's splint (crepe bandage). (Ref. 1948 'No title.', Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878-1954), 27 December, p. 4, viewed 13 March, 2011, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56836899).
Image Number	258
Publisher	Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc.
Source (Original)	The Morning Bulletin 27 December 1948 p. 4
Subject	Christmas in hospitals
Subject	Francis, Betty
Subject	Nurses
Coverage - Spatial	Rockhampton Hospital, Rockhampton, Queensland
Coverage - Time	25 December 1948
Format of Original	photographic print: sepia 10 cm x 15 cm; scan .tif 2.1 MB 1201 x 1793 pixels
Digital Format	image/jpeg
Rights	This image is provided for the purpose of private study and research and must not be reproduced without the permission of the Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc.