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The Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. 2 of 2 by Sir Edward Tyas Cook

CHAPTER I

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WORKHOUSE REFORM (1864-1867) State of the workhouse infirmaries--Report on the Metropolitan workhouses in 1866--Miss Nightingale a prime mover in the remedial legislation of 1867. II. Her friendship with Mr. William Rathbone--His scheme for introducing trained nurses into the Workhouse Infirmary at Liverpool--Negotiations with Miss Nightingale--Her friend, Miss Agnes Jones, appointed Lady Superintendent--Reforms effected by her (1865). III. Miss Nightingale's resolve to use the Liverpool experiment as a lever for reform in London--Workhouse scandals in London--Correspondence and interviews with Mr. Villiers--Friendship with Mr. Farnall, Poor Law Inspector--Miss Nightingale's scheme of Poor Law reform (1865)--Approved by Mr. Villiers--Articles in the _Times_--Defeat of the Government. IV. Mr. Gathorne Hardy succeeds Mr. Villiers--Removal of Mr. Farnall from London--Miss Nightingale's communications with Mr. Villiers--Committee appointed by Mr. Hardy--Miss Nightingale invited to express her views: outlines her scheme in a Memorandum. V. Mr. Hardy's Bill (1867)--Various views of it--Miss Nightingale's efforts for its extension--Importance of the reforms included in the Bill: the starting-point of workhouse reform. VI. Success of Miss Agnes Jones's pioneer work--Her death (1868)--Miss Nightingale's account of her in _Good Words_--Selection of a successor--Effect of the article 123
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1. Chapter 1 2. PART V 3. CHAPTER I 4. CHAPTER II 5. CHAPTER III 6. CHAPTER IV 7. CHAPTER V 8. CHAPTER VI 9. PART VI 10. CHAPTER I 11. CHAPTER II 12. CHAPTER III 13. CHAPTER IV 14. PART VII 15. CHAPTER I 16. CHAPTER II 17. CHAPTER III 18. CHAPTER IV 19. CHAPTER V 20. CHAPTER VI 21. CHAPTER VII 22. CHAPTER VIII 23. CHAPTER IX 24. PART V 25. CHAPTER I 26. CHAPTER II 27. CHAPTER III 28. 1000. The rate in 1911 was, as already stated, 5.04. 29. CHAPTER IV 30. 1864. Miss Nightingale's good offices were asked by the War Office 31. CHAPTER V 32. CHAPTER VI 33. introduction to new masters at the India Office and the Poor Law 34. 25. You owe me no apology for calling my attention to material 35. PART VI 36. CHAPTER I 37. CHAPTER II 38. CHAPTER III 39. CHAPTER IV 40. PART VII 41. CHAPTER I 42. Introduction dwells too much on the _form_ of the _Gorgias_ and does 43. CHAPTER II 44. CHAPTER III 45. 1895. "Nearly 600 nurses completed their probationary course under 46. CHAPTER IV 47. 1878. Sir James Knowles's magazine was then in the early days of its 48. CHAPTER V 49. 1869. She was one of the many women who revered the name of Florence 50. CHAPTER VI 51. CHAPTER VII 52. CHAPTER VIII 53. CHAPTER IX 54. 1893. Thirty-nine years ago arrival at Scutari. The immense blessings I 55. 1851. Octavo, paper wrappers, pp. 32. 56. Introduction par M. Daremberg._ Paris: Didier. Crown 8vo, 57. Introduction (as is shown by a MS. amongst Miss Nightingale's Papers) 58. introduction of conflicting disease-theories into sanitary reports, 59. 1872. Contributed by request to the _Report on Measures adopted for 60. Part II. Ch. VIII. Miss N. was denounced as "a semi-Romish Nun," an 61. Chapter vii., "The Providence of the Barrack Hospital," gives an 62. Chapter vii. gives a full account of the mission of the Bermondsey 63. Chapter xi. is mainly devoted to an account of "The Lady-in-Chief"

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