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Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale. The Lady with the Lamp. Florence Nightingale. Born in Florence in 1820 First helped a sick dog with a broken leg Loved her dolls One day she visited a hospital THIS CHANGED HER LIFE. Often people who went into hospital died. They were Dirty Badly run

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Florence Nightingale

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  1. Florence Nightingale The Lady with the Lamp

  2. Florence Nightingale • Born in Florence in 1820 • First helped a sick dog with a broken leg • Loved her dolls • One day she visited a hospital • THIS CHANGED HER LIFE

  3. Often people who went into hospital died They were Dirty Badly run Nurses didn’t know what to do Hospitals in 1830’s

  4. Florence Nightingale • Parents did not want her to become a nurse • She studied medicine books herself for years • She was 30 when her parents let her go to Germany and Paris to study nursing

  5. Crimean War • Broke out when Florence 34 was years old • War Russia v Turkey(Britain and France) • Reports were coming through about terrible conditions in hospitals

  6. Florence leaves London • No cheering • No crowds • “You’ll be back,” her family said

  7. Scrubbed the floors Cleaned the wards Washed the bedclothes Made the men comfortable She got to work

  8. In the night she carried a lamp so she was called “The Lady with the Lamp” • Soldiers kissed her shadow

  9. They began to get betterSitting up, cheerful and happier!

  10. Letter from Queen Victoria • Thanking “Miss Nightingale and her ladies” for all their hard work

  11. She was given a diamond brooch with ‘Blessed are the merciful’ engraved on it

  12. died in 1910, age 90 Florence Nightingale

  13. Until recently her picture was on our British £10 note

  14. She was famous all over the world • She changed hospitals all over the world • There is a museum in London which celebrates her life and work

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