Nightingale, Florence

Letter from Florence Nightingale to Captain Douglas Strutt Galton, who was a cousin of Francis Galton and a cousin (through marriage) of Nightingale. In this letter Nightingale refers to a standing committee that was being set up to consider ways of dealing with the wounded after a battle. She sets out a range of opinions on the treatment of wounded men, such as tending to them directly on the battlefield with the minimum of "appliances" or medication. Temporary shelters constructed around the patients should be sufficient, and she was of the opinion that "The only person who has written anything worth having on travelling apparatus is Mr Francis Galton (a cousin of yours, I believe"...".

7 Aug 1867

1 letter plus 1 envelope Letter (two folios) plus envelope addressed to Francis Galton

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