The Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. 2 of 2 by Sir Edward Tyas Cook
CHAPTER III
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PUBLIC HEALTH MISSIONARY FOR INDIA
(1868-1872)
Miss Nightingale's "little Indian Department all to herself," a
main pre-occupation. Rest-cure at Malvern (Dec. 1867)--Visit to her
mother at Lea Hurst (July-Oct. 1868)--Miss Nightingale's movements
in following years. II. Mr. Jowett's plea for less official
drudgery, and more literary work--Her "Note on Pauperism" in
_Fraser's Magazine_--Interest in colonization--Interview with
Mr. Goschen. III. Health work for India: (1) correspondence and
interviews with Indian officials--Interviews with Lord Mayo--
Correspondence with Lord Napier (Madras)--"Special cholera
inquiry." IV. An episode: Miss Nightingale's intervention to save
the Army Sanitary Commission and the Army Medical School from being
retrenched out of existence--Statistical evidence of sanitary
reform. V. Interviews with Lord Napier of Magdala--Further
correspondence with Lord Mayo--Other interviews and correspondence.
VI. Health work for India: (2) acquaintance and correspondence
with native Indian gentlemen--Sanitary appeal to village elders.
VII. Health work for India: (3) work in connection with the Sanitary
Department at the India Office--Contributions to and revision of
the Indian Health Annual. VIII. Ten years' progress: _How some
People have Lived, not Died, in India_--How much, and yet how
little! 161
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