Index, bib, ill, p.615.non-fictionA biography of Florence Nightingalenurses - great britain - biography, florence nightingale 1820-1910

Florence Nightingale is a key figure in nursing history. [The Glaswegian coat of arms is not often seen, especially with an English banner, rather than Latin.]Florence Nightingale is a key figure in nursing history, and the possession of her statuette could potentially signify spiritual, cultural or social beliefs of the owner of the object. Additionally, the factory mark could provide an international connection to the collection at large.White ceramic statuette of Florence Nightingale, right arm missing hand w/ glue residue, hollowware with flat-back base, small hole on back of statuette, coloured Glaswegian coat of arms upon the front face of base, gold gilded trim on top and bottom of statuette base. 'Let Glasgow Flourish' [Glasgow Coat of Arms] / 'Florence Nightingale 1820-1910' [Description of depiction of statuette] / 'Alex Maclaren & Sons Glasgow' [Factory Mark]. florence nightingale, glasgow, uk nurses, crimean war

Book with brown cover, title embossed in silver on front. Title, editor's surname and publisher's name embossed in silver on the spinenon-fictionA compilation of Florence Nightingale's essays and writings: Subsidiary notes as to the introduction of female nursing into military hospitals (1858), Notes on nursing: what it is and what it is not (1859), Notes on different systems of nursing; from notes on hospitals (a pamphlet 1863), Suggestions on a system of nursing for hospitals in India (1865), Suggestions on the subject of providing, training and organizing nurses for the sick poor in workhouse infirmaries (1867) On trained nurses for the sick poor (a pamphlet, 1876), Nurses, training of , and nursing the sick (1882), Sick-nursing and health-nursing (1893), Health teaching in towns and villages, rural hygiene (1894)florence nightingale, nurses-history, nursing-history

Book with dustjacket. Book has a dark blue cover, with abbreviated title, author's and publisher's names embossed in gilt on the spine. Dustjacket has a yellow background, the front of which has a decorative brown border within which abbreviated title, author's and publisher's name printed in black along with an illustration of two hands bandaging a third hand/arm (brown ink). Abbreviated title author's and publisher's names are also printed in black ink on spine. Back cover has illustrations of vintage medical related advertisements non-fictionThis book was intended "to give hints for thought to women who have personal charge of the health of others...Knowledge which everyone ought to have-distinct from medical knowledge, which only a professional can have"florenve nightingale, nursing

Illustrated book with dust jacket. Book has a royal blue cover withtitle, author's and publlisher's name embossed in silver on the spine. Dust jacket has title (yellow and black ink) the word 'by' (white ink), author's name(yellow ink outlined in black) and the words 'book society choice' (white ink) are printed on the front of the dust jacket, Title (yellow ink) 'by' (white ink) author's name (black ink) and publisher's name (white ink) are printed on the spine of the dustjacket. There is also a white retangular sticker, on which the previous catalogue number is printed, on the dustjacket spine. On the back of the dustjacket is printed Lord Ellesmere's tribute to Florence Nightingale, House of Lords, May 5, 1856. non-fictionBiography of Florence Nighingaleflorence nightingale, crimena war, nurses-great britain-history, nursing-history