Florence Nightingale Mystic, Visionary, Healer

by Dossey, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9780874349849
• ISBN10: 0874349842
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Spring House

Summary

Readers are informed and exhilarated by the story of Florence Nightingale, a brilliant pioneer who played a major role in making nursing the respected profession it is today. This sumptuously illustrated biography of nursing's inspiring founder focuses on Nightingale's mystic beliefs, her contributions to public health and infection control, and her trailblazing work in government and health care reform. Readers discover Nightingale's life as a mystic and her many health care theories and practices that are still in use today. Brimming with more than 280 beautiful photographs and hundreds of little-known facts that shed light on the events that shaped Nightingale's life and work.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Part 1 The Early Years (1820-1854)	1	(100)
A Different Kind of Child	3	(30)
Call & Awakening	33	(30)
Egypt, Greece, & Kaiserswerth	63	(22)
Harley Street	85	(16)
Part 2 Crimean War Years (1854-1856)	101	(76)
Departure for the East	103	(18)
``The Whole Army is Coming''	121	(28)
Commissions, Illness, & Accolades	149	(20)
Achieving Command & Control	169	(8)
Part 3 Post-War Years (1856-1861)	177	(74)
``At the Altar of the Murdered Men''	179	(22)
The Drive for Army Reform	201	(18)
Nurses Training & Health Statistics	219	(12)
Literary Fame & Personal Misfortune	231	(20)
Part 4 Reform Years (1862-1879)	251	(94)
Private Life	253	(14)
Sanitation for a Subcontinent	267	(24)
Nursing Reform & Progress for Women	291	(34)
Spiritual Surrender & Mysticism	325	(20)
Part 5 Later Years (1880-1910)	345	(72)
Years of Loss	347	(8)
The Birth of Indian Nationalism	355	(20)
Nursing Moves Forward	375	(18)
Union with the Divine	393	(24)
Appendices	417	(20)
Family Tree	418	(2)
Timeline	420	(5)
Nightingale & the Western Tradition of Mysticism	425	(1)
The Case for Brucellosis	426	(1)
Nightingale's Personality Type	427	(1)
Written Works	428	(1)
Chapter Notes & References	429	(6)
Picture Credits	435	(1)
Acknowledgments	436	(1)
Index	437