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Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople. She significantly reduced death rates by improving hygiene and living standards. Nightingale gave nursing a favourable reputation and became an icon of Victorian culture, especially in the persona of "The Lady with the Lamp" making rounds of wounded soldiers at night.

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Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses A selection from Miss Nightingale's addresses to probationers and nurses of the Nightingale school at St. Thomas's hospital

"Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses" by Florence Nightingale is a collection of addresses written in the late 19th century. The book compiles a select...

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Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not

"Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not" by Florence Nightingale is a foundational scientific and practical guide on the principles of nursi...

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Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not

"Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not" by Florence Nightingale is a groundbreaking treatise on nursing, written in the mid-19th century. T...

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Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and War

"Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and in War" is a comprehensive historical account written ...

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Directions for Cooking by Troops, in Camp and Hospital Prepared for the Army of Virginia, and published by order of the Surgeon General, with essays on "taking food," and "what food."

"Directions for Cooking by Troops, in Camp and Hospital" by Florence Nightingale is a practical manual focused on military cooking and nutrition publi...

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Introductory notes on lying-in institutions : $b Together with a proposal for organising an institution for training midwives and midwifery nurses

"Introductory Notes on Lying-In Institutions" by Florence Nightingale is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This work discusse...

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Sanitary Statistics of Native Colonial Schools and Hospitals

"Sanitary Statistics of Native Colonial Schools and Hospitals" by Florence Nightingale is a scientific publication written in the mid-19th century. Th...

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Workhouse Nursing: The story of a successful experiment

"Workhouse Nursing: The story of a successful experiment by Nightingale and Rathbone" is a historical account written during the mid-19th century. Thi...

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