The second volume of Sir Edward Cook's biography of Florence Nightingale covers her later years, from 1862 to 1910. It follows her campaigns for the health of the British Army in India, hospital reform and public health, drawing on letters and documents. It offers a portrait of a Victorian reformer and her times.
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Opening of the book
THE LIFE OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE MACMILLAN AND CO., LƗƽƗǵŧŠ LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO DALLAS · SAN FRANCISCO THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LǵŠ. TORONTO see caption Florence Nightingale 1887 from the picture by Sir William Richmond at Claydon THE LIFE OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE BY SIR EDWARD COOK
IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II (1862–1910) MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1913 COPYRIGHT CONTENTS PART V FOR THE HEALTH OF THE ARMY IN INDIA (1862–1865) CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY. THE LOSS OF FRIENDS (August–December 1861) PAGE
Despondency after the death of Sidney Herbert—Sir George Lewis and the War Office —Lord de Grey reappointed under-secretary. II. “Saving things from the wreck”—The Herbert Hospital at Woolwich—Captain Galton at the War Office—Barracks inquiry extended to the Mediterranean—Miss Nightingale and the Volunteers. III. The American Civil War—Miss Nightingale and the nursing—British reinforcements to Canada —Miss Nightingale “working as in the times of Sidney Herbert.” IV. Miss Nightingale and Arthur Hugh Clough—His assistance to her— His death (Nov. 1861)—Her grief—Letters of condolence—Her yearning for sympathy— Illness 3 CHAPTER II THE PROVIDENCE OF THE INDIAN ARMY (1862, 1863)
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