DRI Staff Copyright © Dundee City Council, Local Studies Library, 2008 Select A Story... Agnes Husband Mariote Ker An Anonymous Maidservant Frances Wright Margaret Fenwick Alice Moorhead and Emily Thomson Mary Ann Baxter Williamina Fleming Lila Clunas Margaret Fairlie Rebecca Strong Jean Thomson Mary Alcock Victoria Drummond Katharine Read Florence Horsbrugh Mary Lily Walker Mary Brooksbank Mary Slessor Mary Buick (or Buik) Bella Keyzer Ethel Moorhead Grissell Jaffray Janet Keiller Emma Caird Rebecca Strong | Footstep 11 | 1843 - 1944 Mrs Strong was only connected to Dundee for four or five years, but in that time, she transformed nursing conditions and training at Dundee Royal Infirmary [DRI]. Having trained under Florence Nightingale at St Thomas' Hospital in London, Mrs Strong is credited with being the first nurse ever to take a temperature - with a thermometer 2 feet long! In 1873, the newly-arrived superintendent of DRI, Dr Robert Sinclair, had found a very unsatisfactory state of affairs regarding conditions and nursing practices in the hospital - Rebecca Strong was appointed the following year to turn the situation around. Her work set the standard for the future development of excellence in nursing. Rebecca Strong and Dr Fairlie [footstep ten] are celebrated opposite the gates of the former Dundee Royal Infirmary. Previous Story  |  Next Story
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