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40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
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Plate taken from 'The Illustrated London News', 24 February 1855. Named after the place of her birth in Italy, Nightingale (1820-1910) devoted her life to the sick and suffering. She volunteered for duty in the Crimean War (1854-1856) and whilst at the hospital barracks at Scutari, she drastically reduced the mortality rate by imposing a strict discipline and high standards of sanitation. In 1859, she wrote 'Notes on Nursing', and in 1861 she founded St Thomas' School of Nursing in London.
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