Florence Nightingale at the Therafia Hospital

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Description	Portrait showing Florence Nightingale sitting near the bed of a wounded man writing a letter. Other wounded men and several nurses are also present. Manuscript note below portrait: "I was sick and ye visited me." Manuscript note in lower left corner: "T. a village of Europ. Turkey on W Shores Bosp. 7 1/2 m N. N. E. of Constantinople." From the collection of Howard A. Kelly, M.D., No. 14.
Date created	1855
Subject	Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910
Identifier	01895
Resource type	Image
Holding entity	David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Archival collection	History of Medicine Collection

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• Historical Images In Medicine