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In 1891, the Royal Jubilee School of Nursing, the only school west of Winnipeg, opened to train nurses locally and help to staff the hospital. Nurses were critical to the growth of the hospital and were often run off their feet with diverse and intense responsibilities. This video shows what might have been in an 1890s nursing kit.
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Lactopeptine hit the market in 1877; medical information from the time states that this remedy was commonly used to treat sickness in pregnancy and all other digestive disorders. At this time, it was standard protocol that all medical products would be in distinctly colored or shaped bottles, in order to indicate that medicine was inside.
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This exhibit was created by Anthropology students from the University of Victoria: Alexa Dagan, Mackenzie Gibson, Anna Heckadon, Carmen Hjermstad, Elisa O'Malley, Darius Pomeroy, and Kanika Varna, with their professor Dr. Katherine Cook, and Genevieve Hill, Grant Keddie and Tom Bown from the RBCM.
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John Gosnell is the oldest cosmetic company in the UK, dating back to 1677. This pot represents one of John Gosnell’s most popular household products: Cherry toothpaste. Though the toothpaste contains no cherry flavouring, the pink colour was appealing to consumers. Royalty was often used as a mechanism to attract buyers as well.
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The first Japanese immigrants to land in Victoria quickly formed a vibrant community. Soon after, the shipment of Japanese goods supplied Japanese Bazaars across Victoria. A collection of Japanese ceramics found at Royal Jubilee will shed light on this intriguing story of early Japanese settlement.
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A range of toys were excavated from the Royal Jubilee hospital grounds -- what do the tell us about children in Victoria in the 1890s and their experience of health care?
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A china doll and selected marbles excavated from the grounds of the Royal Jubilee Hospital. Who would have played with these toys? Find out by listening to the audio clip following this entry.
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In celebration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1888, many people in Victoria imagined a new hospital as fitting commemoration, and set their sights high on establishing a hospital that would be fit for the most fashionable cities in the British Commonwealth.