Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews. Early reprint. New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1933. Price-clipped dust jacket is in Good condition. There is chipping on the top/bottom of spine. The edges of the jacket has missing areas. The hardcover is in Very Good condition. Former owner signature on flyleaf page, otherwise, no markings or other writing in the book, 299 pp.
A biography of the founder of nursing. In 1860, she laid the foundation of professional nursing with the establishment of her nursing school at St Thomas' Hospital in London. It was the first secular nursing school in the world and is now part of King's College London. Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was a prodigious and versatile writer. In her lifetime, much of her published work was concerned with spreading medical knowledge.
