Adventures in Mashonaland: By Two Hospital Nurses

Written by Rosanna Rose Blennerhassett c 1844 1907 the daughter of baronet Sir Arthur Blennerhassett this work of 1893 recounts the adventures of two Anglican nurses who worked in Umtali now Mutare in northern Zimbabwe In 1890 Blennerhassett sailed to Johannesburg to nurse victims of a typhoid outbreak meeting Lucy Sleeman on board At the end of their period of service the pair opted to go north into Mashonaland rather than returning to England They undertook a two week journey of 190 miles on foot in the bush from the Pungwe river to Umtali where they established the first hospital in a series of beehive shaped mud huts The pair remained there for two years often working without a doctor The book recounts every aspect of their daily adventures from baking cakes and constructing coffins out of whisky cases to bizarre encounters with witch hunters a man eating lion and Cecil Rhodes Written by Rosanna Rose Blennerhassett c 18441907 the daughter of baronet Sir Arthur Blennerhassett this work of 1893 recounts the adventures of two Anglican nurses who worked in Umtali now Mutare in northern Zimbabwe In 1890 Blennerhassett sailed to Johannesburg to nurse victims of a typhoid outbreak meeting Lucy Sleeman on board At the end of their period of service the pair opted to go north into Mashonaland rather than returning to England They undertook a two week journey of 190 miles on foot in the bush from the Pungwe river to Umtali where they established the first hospital in a series of beehive shaped mud huts The pair remained there for two years often working without a doctor The book recounts every aspect of their daily adventures from baking cakes and constructing coffins out of whisky cases to bizarre encounters with witch hunters a man eating lion and Cecil Rhodes Written by Rosanna Rose Blennerhassett c 18441907 the daughter of baronet Sir Arthur Blennerhassett this work of 1893 recounts the adventures of two Angli

Adventures in Mashonaland: By Two Hospital Nurses (Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies)

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Blennerhassett, Rose

Sleeman, Lucy

Africa

Cambridge University Press

Written by Rosanna ('Rose') Blennerhassett (c.1844-1907), the daughter of baronet Sir Arthur Blennerhassett, this work of 1893 recounts the adventures of two Anglican nurses who worked in Umtali (now Mutare in northern Zimbabwe). In 1890 Blennerhassett sailed to Johannesburg to nurse victims of a typhoid outbreak, meeting Lucy Sleeman on board. At the end of their period of service, the pair opted to go north into Mashonaland rather than returning to England. They undertook a two-week journey of 190 miles on foot in the bush from the Pungwe river to Umtali, where they established the first hospital, in a series of beehive-shaped mud huts. The pair remained there for two years, often working without a doctor. The book recounts every aspect of their daily adventures, from baking cakes and constructing coffins out of whisky cases to bizarre encounters with witch hunters, a man-eating lion, and Cecil Rhodes.

Adventures in Mashonaland

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