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241 Educational Developments 241 It is interesting to note that the University of Helsingfors, Finland, was among the first to con- nect itself up with nursing schools, and that China has now a school of nursing as a part of the Union Medical College, Pekin, China. Although a number of visiting nurse associations had for some years been offering practical experi- ence and training to both graduate Courses in and undergraduate nurses, there was public health nursing, con- very httle, if any attempt, to build up nected with a broad and sound theoretical founda- universities and other tion for this practical work until the educational Department of Nursing and Health, institutions at Teachers College opened its course in public health nursing in 1910. The development of this course and its connection with the Henry Street Settlement, and other public health agencies in New York has already been described. In 191 1, the Western Reserve University, Cleve- land, Ohio, granted an appeal made by the Visiting Nurse Association of that city to open public health nursing courses. Two programmes were made, one on Practical Sociology, and one on American Society. Other bodies, co-operating, were the As- sociated Charities, the Anti-Tuberculosis League, and the Babies' Hospital and Dispensary. In 1 91 3, the afBliation extended to include the 16