3 Quotes & Sayings By Mary Cholmondeley

Mary Cholmondeley was the first woman to receive full royal patent for a medical innovation in Great Britain, having invented the first portable breast pump, in 1786. She founded one of the first nursing schools in England and became its first headmistress. She established the first hospital for women and children in Birmingham. Her book, The Young Nurse's Guide, was published in 1785 Read more

Mary Cholmondeley died on May 10, 1828.

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Every year I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing, and which shirking pain, misses happiness as well. No one ever yet was the poorer in the long run for having once in a lifetime ‘let out all the length of the reins. Mary Cholmondeley
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Every day I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given the powers we have not used the selfish prudence that will risk nothing and which shirking pain misses happiness as well. Mary Cholmondeley