Posed photograph of a sleeping nurse in an armchair beside the bed of a patient. Published in the Exceptional Nurse series of humorous postcards by Rotary Photographic Series., the caption reads: 'She watchs by her patient all thro' the dreary night, And who would blame a little doze just when it's getting night.'
Illustration from the "Third London General Hospital Gazette," 1916, showing two contrasting perceptions from a patient's point of view in a hospital ward. The top panel depicts a nurse looking stern with rows of beds on either side, while the bottom panel shows the nurse appearing cheerful with patients in a more relaxed environment.
A faded newspaper clipping from 1947 featuring a section titled "Just Jokes." The joke reads:
Agent, on telephone: "Doctor, my little boy just swallowed my fountain pen." Doctor: Heavens! I'll come at once. What are you doing int he meantime?". Agent: "Using a pencil."
1982 cartoon featuring a hospital patient looking skeptically at their lunch, while a nurse stands beside the bed. The caption reads, "For the benefit of patients with a sense of humour, we refer to this as lunch."
For today's #ExploreYourArchive theme #EYAHumour, we found some jokes in our archive and historic journals collection. How do you think humour has changed over the past 100 years?
To explore more cartoons, come and see our #ArtOfNursing exhibition at RCN HQ!
