Description
This is a fascinating read. It includes the two papers listed in the extensive subtitle (Notes on Hospitals: Two papers read before the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science at Liverpool in October 1858 with evidence given to the Royal Commissioners on the state of the Army in 1857), but there is so much more. Answers to written questions also feature, Addressed to Miss Nightingale by the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Regulations Affecting Sanitary Conditions of the Army. This section is a treasure trove of information and statistical data and includes such figures as relative mortality of the army at home and the English male population at corresponding ages, to name just one area in an amazing collection of numerical data. Let us not forget that Florence Nightingale was the first female member of the London Statistical Society and creator of the Coxcomb Chart. Plans for how hospitals should actually be constructed also appear, as well as how the wards within them should be laid out.
Florence Nightingale, keen to increase the range of employment open to women, spent time visiting hospitals in Europe, studying their methods of training nurses, before she was herself trained at Kaiserswerth in 1851. During the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale’s quiet determination in tackling the problems in the face of a deep-rooted military establishment, as well as her understanding of the spiritual and physical needs of the wounded soldiers and their families, won her great acclaim and an international reputation as The Lady with the Lamp. Reports of Florence Nightingale’s findings and suggestions had a profound effect on the medical community and re-established her as an international healthcare authority.
Author – Florence Nightingale
Publisher – Rydon Publishing
Format – Paperback
Pub date – 2021. It is an unabridged republication of ‘Notes on Hospitals’, originally published in 1859 by John W. Parker and Son, London. This edition also included the articles on Hospital sites and construction, reprinted from the periodical ‘The Builder’, published in London on August 28th, and September 11th, and September 25th, 1858.
ISBN – 9781910821367
Pages – 142
Dimensions – 152mm x 230mm
Weight – 198g
