Author: NIGHTINGALE, FLORENCE (1820-1910). GOLDIE, SUE
Title: 'I have done my duty' : Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War, 1854-56 / edited by Sue M. Goldie
Description: Manchester : Manchester University Press 1987. First Edition. Fine copy in the original color-printed. stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.Provenance; from the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute with it presentation bookplate. being presented by the Birmingham Hospital Saturday Fund. Series; Nightingale. Florence (1820-1910). Selected letters of Florence Nightingale. Physical description 326 p. : ill.ports. map ; 24 cm. Notes; Collection of letters concerning nursing during the Crimean War. Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-306) and index. Author: Florence Nightingale. Contents; Selected letters of Florence Nightingale. Summary; This volume contains a collection of letters written by Florence Nightingale during the period that brought her lasting fame - the Crimean War. Writing amid scenes of horror and chaos. she gives vent to her indignation in letters to officials. family and friends. She analyzes the causes of the disaster. expounds on the recruitment of nurses. enlarges on her revolutionary measures for the welfare of troops. and gives free rein to her hopes. doubts and frustrations about the nursing service. Subjects; Nightingale. Florence (1820-1910) — Correspondence. Great Britain. Army — Nurses — 19th century — Biography. Great Britain. Army — Nurses — Biography. 19th century. Nursing — Administration — 19th century — Biography. Crimean War. (1853-1856) — Personal narratives. British. Crimean War. (1853-1856) — Medical care. Military Nursing. Medical care. Crimean War. (1853-1856) — Personal narratives. English. Crimean War. (1853-1856) — Medical care — Great Britain. Crimean War. (1853-1856) — Personal narratives. Autobiography. History of nursing. War. Crimean War. British medical services. — (1854-1858) - Correspondence. diaries. etc. Biography & autobiography ; European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland) ; World history: (c 1750 to c 1900) ; Social & cultural history ; Nursing. Turkey ; (c 1800 to c 1900). Biography & Autobiography / General. History / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire. History / Modern / General. History / Social History. Medical / Nursing / General. Nightingale. Florence. Genres; Autobiography. Bibliography. Illustrated. Letters. ISBN: 0719026288. Weight in Kg appr.:

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