The wounded from the battle-plain In dreary hospitals of pain, The cheerless corridors, The cold and stony floors, Lo! In that house of misery, A lady with a lamp I see Pass through the glimmering ...

CRIMEAN RELIC: Wooden chest depicting Scutari Hospital scenes during the Crimean War and close-up of Florence Nightingale, with lamp, tending patient. For the vermin-ridden hospital lacked even ...

This date is significant because it is also the 200-year anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, who has been dubbed as the ‘mother of modern nursing’ and ‘the lady with the lamp.’ The ...

International Nurses Day 2021: History Florence Nightingale was the founder of modern nursing, started work as a nursing in-charge of the British and allied soldiers, wounded during the Crimean War.

When you think of Florence Nightingale, you probably imagine a nurse with a lamp, comforting soldiers. Indeed, Florence is considered the mother of modern nursing. But she also made serious ...