Correspondence [manuscript].

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Correspondence [manuscript].

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a. Letters to Florence Nightingale from Lucy Osburn, 1867-1885. Written from Prince Alfred Hospital, 27 Mar. and 20 May, 1868, and from Sydney Hospital, 14 July 1868-3 September 1873. b. Letters from Sister Haldane Turriff, Sydney Hospital, 1868-1869. c. Letters from Sister Mary Barker, Sydney Hospital, May 1868, June 1869. d. Letter from Bessie Simpson (Chant) February 1908.

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Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), nursing pioneer and reformer, is regarded as the founder of modern nursing. Born in Florence, Italy, she dedicated her life to the care of the sick and war wounded. In 1844, she began to visit hospitals; in 1850, she spent some time with the nursing Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul in Alexandria and a year later studied at the institute for Protestant deaconesses in Kaiserswerth, Germany. In 1854, she organized a unit of 38 nurses for service in the Crimean War. I...