Synonyms

Nightingale, Florence

Cultural

An English nurse of the nineteenth century, known for establishing a battlefield hospital for British soldiers wounded in the Crimean War. Her tireless service, at night as well as during the day, gained her the nickname “Lady with the Lamp.”

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Florence Nightingale's diligence made her a symbol (see also symbol) for all nursing and for any kind of dedicated service.

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Nightingale, Florence, her training in Germany, 390; the trained nurses who accompanied, in 1854, 390; influence of, on origin of nursing as a profession, 390; supercession of the ‘Mrs Gamp’ and decayed billiard-markers of former days, 391; tributes to efficiency of system started by, 391.

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Nightingale, Florence, I, 97, 112, 113, 294; II, 189, 239.

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Nightingale, Florence, 267, 274, 281 footnote.

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Nightingale, Florence, 136; her character: conversation with Dr. Howe, 138; studies nursing, 139; travels abroad: visited by Margaret Fuller, 188.

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