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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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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