Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of the School of Nursing of Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 1903-1956 In November, 1902, the Illinois Training School for Nurses notified the Board of Managers of Presbyterian Hospital that in accordance with provi sions in the contract for supplying nurses, they would discontinue service November 1, 1903. The service was discontinued for two reasons: first, the enlargement of both hospitals (presbyterian and Cook County); and second, the greater amount of work imposed on nurses by daily increasing demands of the medical staffs. During the period of transition caused by the termina tion of the contract, the Illinois Training School gradually withdrew its nurses from the Hospital. The School of Nursing of Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, Illinois was established in 1903. It was in continuous operation until it went out of exist ence as such due to the merger of Presbyterian Hospital and St. Luke's Hos pital and the establishment of a new school in 1956. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.