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Letter to Nursing Students, page 4

Letter to Nursing Students, page 4

Item Information

Title

Letter to Nursing Students, page 4

Subject

nursing, history of nursing

Creator

Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)

Date

28 May 1900

Rights

https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

Language

English

Type

Text - scan of original letter

Identifier

https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/nightingale/

Text

woman & child came
in with Christ. They
used to be left on the
banks of the great
rivers to starve or
drown themselves.
Lepers were kept apart –
The Nation did not try
to avert or to cure
leprosy. There have
been lepers in England.
Now it is a thing almost
if not quite unknown.