Letters to Sir John Henry Lefroy (1817-1890)

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Letters to Sir John Henry Lefroy (1817-1890), mainly concerning the reform of the Army Medical Service, military hospitals and nursing. Included are letters from Balaclava and Scutari, with a full list and details of the nursing establishment there in 1855.  This includes a list compiled by Nightingale of nurses who had worked with her up to November 1855, including those no longer with her and the reasons for their departure.

Letters to Sir John Henry Lefroy (1817-1890)

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