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Title: The Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. 2 of 2

Author: Sir Edward Tyas Cook

 
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 THE LIFE OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

 MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
 LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA · MELBOURNE

 THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
 NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS · SAN FRANCISCO

 THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD.
 TORONTO

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 [Illustration: _Florence Nightingale
 1887
 from the picture by Sir William Richmond at Claydon_]

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 THE LIFE
 OF
 FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

 BY
 SIR EDWARD COOK

 IN TWO VOLUMES

 VOL. II

 (1862-1910)

 MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
 ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
 1913

 COPYRIGHT

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 CONTENTS

 PART V

 FOR THE HEALTH OF THE ARMY IN INDIA
 (1862-1865)

 CHAPTER I
 PRELIMINARY. THE LOSS OF FRIENDS
 (AUGUST-DECEMBER 1861)

 PAGE

 Despondency after the death of Sidney Herbert--Sir George Lewis and
 the War Office--Lord de Grey reappointed under-secretary. II.
 "Saving things from the wreck"--The Herbert Hospital at Woolwich--
 Captain Galton at the War Office--Barracks inquiry extended to the
 Mediterranean--Miss Nightingale and the Volunteers. III. The
 American Civil War--Miss Nightingale and the nursing--British
 reinforcements to Canada--Miss Nightingale "working as in the times
 of Sidney Herbert." IV. Miss Nightingale and Arthur Hugh Clough--
 His assistance to her--His death (Nov. 1861)--Her grief--Letters of
 condolence--Her yearning for sympathy--Illness 3

 CHAPTER II
 THE PROVIDENCE OF THE INDIAN ARMY
 (1862, 1863)

 High rate of mortality among the British army in India: Miss
 Nightingale as a "saviour" of the army. Her determination to obtain
 a Royal Commission for India on the lines of the Commission of 1857
 for the home army--Lord Stanley approves the idea: Sidney Herbert,
 chairman, succeeded by Lord Stanley--Selection of Commissioners.
 II. Miss Nightingale's work for the Commission (1859-1862)--
 Collection of evidence from India: her circular of inquiry--
 Preparation of statistical evidence at home: Miss Nightingale and
 Dr. Farr--Miss Nightingale and the witnesses. III. Her analysis of
 the written reports from India: "Observations by Miss Nightingale"
 thereon (1862)--Circulation of the "Observations"--Account of them
 --Abstract of the evidence by Miss Nightingale and Dr. Sutherland.
 IV. Death of Sir George Lewis--Her desire to see Lord de Grey
 appointed to the War Office--Press notices: letter to Lord
 Palmerston. V. Preparation of the Report of the Commission--Miss
 Nightingale's part in it--The recommendations--Her suggested
 machinery: (1) sanitary commissions in India, (2) supervision in
 England--Adoption of her policy--The Report signed (May 1863).
 VI. Miss Nightingale's "publicity campaign"--Distribution of early
 copies--Press notices--Omission of her "Observations" and Indian
 evidence from the cheaper official issue of the Report--Separate
 publication by her--Re-issue of the Report with her "Observations":
 circulation of the re-issue by the War Office. VII. Physical
 disabilities under which Miss Nightingale worked 18

 CHAPTER III
 SETTING REFORMERS TO WORK
 (1863-1865)

 "Reports not self-executive": Miss Nightingale's determination to
 put the Indian Report into execution. Correspondence with Lord
 Stanley--His interview with Sir Charles Wood--Miss Nightingale
 asked to draft "Suggestions" to be sent out to India--Departmental
 criticism of the Report: delay. II. Death of Lord Elgin, the
 Viceroy--Question of his successor--Miss Nightingale's admiration
 for Sir John Lawrence--His appointment--Her interview with him.
 III. Sir John Lawrence announces the appointment of sanitary
 commissions in India and begs her to expedite the dispatch of the
 "Suggestions."--More departmental delay--Miss Nightingale's
 impatience--Lord Stanley's intervention--The "Suggestions" approved
 and printed--Delay in sending them: circumvented by Miss
 Nightingale. IV. Sir John Lawrence's prompt action in India--
 Correspondence with Miss Nightingale--Reforms by Sir Hugh Rose
 (Lord Strathnairn)--Miss Nightingale's paper, _How People may Live
 and not Die in India_--Criticism of the Royal Commission's Report
 from India--Miss Nightingale's reply--Progress of sanitary reform
 in the army in India. V. Miss Nightingale as consultant and
 inspirer in Indian sanitary reform--Sir John Lawrence's
 difficulties--Lord Stanley's tribute to her--Importance of the
 co-operation between her and Sir John Lawrence 40

 CHAPTER IV
 ADVISORY COUNCIL TO THE WAR OFFICE
 (1862-1866)

 Miss Nightingale and the War Office: her position as consultant.
 Explanation of the position--Her expert authority on certain
 questions--Official legatee of Sidney Herbert--Correspondence with
 Sir George Lewis--Her friends at the War Office. II. Death of the
 permanent under-secretary--Miss Nightingale and Captain Galton's
 appointment--Her hopes of re-organization in the War Office.
 III. The Army Sanitary Commission--Miss Nightingale and
 improvements in barracks--Nursing in military hospitals. IV. The
 Army Medical School, and position of army doctors--Miss Nightingale
 as the doctors' champion--Lord Panmure's attack on the Herbert
 Hospital--Miss Nightingale's case for the defence. V. Wide range of
 subjects referred to her advice--The Geneva Convention (1864)--
 Suggestions about soldiers' and sailors' pay--Miss Nightingale's
 methods. VI. The State regulation of vice--Miss Nightingale's
 efforts on behalf of soldiers' clubs, recreation-rooms, etc. VII.
 Her researches into the disappearance of aboriginal races. VIII.
 Spiritual comfort--Memories of heroism in the Crimea 59

 CHAPTER V
 HELPERS, VISITORS, AND FRIENDS
 (1862-1866)

 The years of Miss Nightingale's most trying work. Her helpers--The
 indispensable 

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