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Nurses Added to Silver Cross Hospital Staff
Two graduate nurses with military service during the war join the Silver Cross hospital nursing staff. Miss Yvonne Mathisen of Morris becomes assistant director of nursing after training at Silver Cross and service in the army nurse corps in Europe. Miss Mary A. Combes of Henry steps in as assistant supervisor in the maternity department after service in the South Pacific and Japan and postgraduate work at Chicago Lying-In hospital.
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Silver Cross Hospital
Yvonne Mathisen
Morris
Silver Cross School of Nurse
Army Nurse Corps
England
France
Bel
Morris Hospital
Chicago
Knute Mathisen
Mary A. Combes
Henry, Ill
St. Mary’s Hospital School of Nursing
LaSalle
Miss Combes
South Pacific
Japan