The People's Hospital
THE PEOPLE’S HOSPITAL: A HISTORY OF McCORDS, DURBAN, 1890s–1970s Julie Parle and Vanessa Noble Occasional Publications of the Natal Society Foundation PIETERMARITZBURG 2017 The People’s Hospital: A History of McCords, Durban, 1890s–1970s © Julie Parle and Vanessa Noble 2017 Published in 2017 in Pietermaritzburg by the Trustees of the Natal Society Foundation under its imprint ‘Occasional Publications of the Natal Society Foundation’. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without reference to the publishers, the trustees of the Natal Society Foundation, Pietermaritzburg. Natal Society Foundation website: http://www.natalia.org.za/ ISBN 978-0-9921766-9-3 Editor: Christopher Merrett Proofreader: Cathy Rich Munro Cartographer: Marise Bauer Indexer: Christopher Merrett Design & layout: Jo Marwick Body text: Times New Roman 11pt Front and footnotes: Times New Roman 9pt Front cover: McCord Hospital: ward scene, c.1918 (PAR, A608, American Board of Missions Collection, photograph C.5529); ‘The people’s hospital’ (Post (Natal edition) 24 February 1963). Back cover: The McCord Hospital emblem (CC, MHP, Boxes 7 and 8 (2007) – McCords 7 and 8, ALP, Series II: McCord Hospital Documents: Golden Jubilee 1909–1959: A Report on McCord Zulu Hospital) Printed by CPW Printers, Pietermaritzburg CONTENTS Abbreviations and acronyms List of maps and figures Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 ‘Bringing light to the nation?’: missionaries and medicine in Natal and Zululand 1
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