Florence Nightingale and the Doctors

摘要

This is a little book that can be read at one sitting. Its organization is logical and its writing straightforward with an occasional dash of acerbity. It is a delight to read even though it consists mainly of excerpts from letters between AIiss Nightingale and fifteen doctors. From the content of her letters Miss Nightingale (and she is called Miss Nightingale by the writers of the letters as well as by the author) is revealed as a passionate but hard-headed woman. Her passions were two, sanitation and statistics.