Florence

1860 · réf. 300430 — New York: D. Appleton and Company 1860. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. Small Octavo; in the publisher's pebbled brown cloth; with titling on the upperboard in gilt; 3 4-140 pages with 4 pages of advertisements in the rear; professionally rebacked with a blank japanese tissue spine; with a few red stains and some soiling to the boards; toning from a laid in paper on pages 122-123; scattered foxing throughout. ~~The First American Edition of the foundational book on modern Nursing. Written by Florence Nightingale renowned for her lifesaving work during the Crimean War. Ms. Nightingale was instrumental in implementing sanitary measures which greatly increased survival rates for patients. She created the Nightingale school at St.Thomas's Hospital in London in June of 1860. This school accompanied by Notes on Nursing encouraged many women to pursue nursing as a career and undoubtedly saved countless lives. The Grolier 100 Books Famous in Medicine. Good binding. D. Appleton and Company unknown