Agnes Hunt 2680469 182175641 2008-01-04T21:11:23Z Sealman 3792581 Infobox Medical Person {{Infobox Medical Person |name =Dame Agnes Gwendoline Hunt |image = |box_width = |image_width = |caption = |birth_date ={{birth date|1866|12|31|df=y}} |birth_place =[[Baschurch]], [[Shropshire]], [[England]] |death_date ={{death date and age|1948|7|24|1866|12|31|df=y}} |death_place = |profession =[[nurse]] |specialism =[[Orthopaedic nursing]] |research_field = |known_for = |years_active = |education =[[Royal Alexandra Hospital]] |work_institutions =[[Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital|The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital]] |prizes =[[Order of the British Empire|DBE]]<br>[[Royal Red Cross]] |relations = }} '''Dame Agnes Gwendoline Hunt''' [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]] [[Royal Red Cross|RRC]] ([[31 December]] [[1866]]&ndash;[[24 July]] [[1948]]) is generally recognized as the first [[Orthopaedic nursing|orthopaedic]] [[nurse]]. She was born at Boreatton Park, [[Baschurch]], a village in north [[Shropshire]], [[England]] and was disabled from [[osteomyelitis]] of the hip that she suffered from as a child following septicaemia.<ref>{{cite web | title=Agnes Hunt | work=Shropshire Routes to Roots | url=http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/roots/packages/med/med_c01.htm | accessdate=2006-12-05}}</ref> In [[1887]] she began training as a nurse at the [[Royal Alexandra Hospital]] in [[Rhyl]] and opened a convalescent home for crippled children at Florence House in Baschurch in [[1900]] which espoused the yet-unproven theory of open-air treatment. In [[1903]] she sought treatment for her own condition from a [[Liverpool]] [[surgery|surgeon]], [[Robert Jones]].<ref>{{cite web | title=History | work=Institute or Orthopaedics | url=http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/rjah/ | accessdate=2006-12-05}}</ref> She invited him to visit the convalescent home and he eventually began travelling there on a regular basis to provide treatment to the children. By [[1907]], they had built an [[operating theatre]] and introduced the diagnostic use of [[X-rays]] in [[1913]]. During [[World War I]] Florence House was used to treat wounded soldiers. In [[1918]] Agnes Hunt was awarded the insignia of the [[Royal Red Cross]] for her contribution during the war.<ref>{{cite web | title=Timeline | work=Shropshire Routes to Roots | url=http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/roots/packages/med/med_time.htm | accessdate=2006-12-05}}</ref> In [[1919]] the [[British Red Cross Society]] and the Shropshire War Memorial Fund provided financing to move the facility, renamed the Shropshire Orthopaedic Hospital, to a former military hospital at [[Park Hall]]. The hospital also provided training for nurses. Later, a school begun for the children developed into a training college for disabled adults, [[Derwen College]]. The hospital was used once again to treat wounded soldiers during [[World War II]]. It was later moved to [[Gobowen]], [[Oswestry]] and developed into what is now called [[Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital|The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital]]. She was created a [[Order of the British Empire|Dame Commander of the British Empire]] (DBE) in 1926. The memorial to Agnes Hunt in Gobowen states: "Reared in suffering thou shalt know how to solace others' woe. The reward of pain doth lie in the gift of sympathy." == References == <references /> ==External links== * [http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/roots/packages/med/med_c01.htm Shropshire History] * [http://www.rjah.nhs.uk/ The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital] * [http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/archives.nsf/viewAttachments/SDAS-6VKKBE/$file/Shrop%E2%80%93War%20Pages%2031-40.pdf Shropshire Hospitals in World War II] {{Nurse-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunt, Agnes}} [[Category:1866 births|Hunt, Agnes]] [[Category:1948 deaths|Hunt, Agnes]] [[Category:People from Shropshire|Hunt, Agnes]] [[Category:English nurses|Hunt, Agnes]] [[Category:Members of the Royal Red Cross|Hunt, Agnes]] [[Category:Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire|Hunt, Agnes]]