Rex Hospital School of Nursing - Nightingale Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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Ilinremnrh To give to the citizens of Raleigh, our former patients, the practicing physicians, the former graduates, and other friends of the Hospital, an idea of the growth, activities and life of our institution, and to show our appreciation to all those Who have either directly or indirectly made it possible for us to join the host of nurses who are giving their lives to fight the great giant, Disease, We have humbly put forth our best efforts to the compilation of this book.

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flhv Biatnrg nf 33236 Mnzpital Rex Hospital was established under the will of John Rex, who died on January 29, 1839. A fund amounting to nearly 310,000 was given the trustees from this estate. which was invested and reinvested until April, 1861, there was reported over 335,000 in stocks and bonds, most of which became Worthless by result of the War. The trustees realized what they could from these stocks and bonds, and invested until 1893, when the solvent securities amounted to about 330,000. On August 4, 1893, the present site fthe old Manly Mansionl was purchased from the St. John's Guild, then a hospital. Some repairs were made, an annex built for colored patients, and the Hospital was opened May 1, 1894. The new Rex Hospital was built in 1909 and opened in October of the same year. The Hospital is managed by a Board of Trustees, nominated by the Board of Alder- men, or Commissioners of the city of Raleigh, and elected by the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Rex Hospital cares for the indigent sick of the city Without charge. A visiting staff from the Raleigh Academy of Medicine treats the indigent sick without charge. The