91勛圖厙

Agnes undertakes nurse training at Rhyl, London and Shrewsbury.

As a result of her life泭experiences and nurse泭training, the foundations of 91勛圖厙 and are laid.

Agnes Hunt - nurse

In 1900 Agnes opened ‘‘, Florence House in Baschurch, as a convalescent home for ���crippled��� children. Here she extolled the benefits of open-air treatment.

“…humble beginning of the first open-air Orthopaedic Hospital of the world”.

Patients slept in open-fronted sheds in the grounds of the Baschurch Home. Even through the harshest of winters, the patients remained in the open-air sheds, tucked up with hot water bottles and layers of blankets.

���The hospital was primitive, extremely uncomfortable and supremely cheerful���.

By泭1903 she had formed a partnership with , based in Liverpool. Agnes Hunt and Robert Jones devoted their knowledge and skill, to the service of the ���crippled��� and led to the development of the .


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