Identifier	VC008184
Title	Nurse and patient at Ridge Farm
Date.Original	[1920s?]
Date.Digital	2004-05-07
Description.Physical	1 photographic print - b&w - 15 x 9 cm.
Description	A nurse assists a young patient at Ridge Farm, the St. Louis Children's Hospital country convalescent department. Located on the Meramec River, near Valley Park, Ridge Farm opened in 1912. Until it closed in 1947, children requiring extended periods of treatment for tuberculosis, rickets, chorea, rheumatic fever, and malnutrition were sent to Ridge Farm. The fresh air, sunshine, and healthful surroundings of the country were thought beneficial to the patients' recovery.
Provenance	Transfer - St. Louis Children's Hospital - 1987 - (87-024)
Subject.Corporate	St. Louis Children's Hospital (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Source	VC008
Collection Name	BEYOND TLC - Missouri Women in the Health Science Professions
Relation.IsPartOf	St. Louis Children's Hospital photographs
Publisher	Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8132, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63110
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Format	jpeg
Language	English
Coverage	Missouri--Saint Louis; Missouri--St. Louis
County	Saint Louis (Mo.);
Type	Photographs
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Contributing Institution	Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine
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