Dame Agnes Gwendoline Hunt DBE RRC (31 December 1866-24 July 1948) is generally recognized as the first orthopaedic nurse. She was born in Baschurch, a village in north Shropshire, England and was disabled from osteomyelitis of the hip that she suffered from as a child following septicaemia. Wikipedia
Shropshire Routes to Roots is a digitisation and learning project, making archive resources available on the web for teachers and learners. www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/roots/packages/med/med_c01.htm
Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic & District NHS Trust is a specialist hospital providing elective orthopaedic surgery and musculoskeletal medical services. www.rjah.nhs.uk/
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Agnes Hunt. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Hunt
