I have lived and slept in the same bed with English countesses and Prussian farm women... no woman has excited passions among women more than I have.
Florence NightingaleThe craving for 'the return of the day', which the sick so constantly evince, is generally nothing but the desire for light.
Florence NightingaleShe said the object and color in the materials around us actually have a physical effect on us, on how we feel.
Florence NightingaleUnnecessary noise is the most cruel abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well.
Florence NightingaleNo man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this-'devoted and obedient.' This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman.
Florence NightingaleWhen you see the natural and almost universal craving in English sick for their 'tea,' you cannot but feel that nature knows what she is about. ... A little tea or coffee restores them. ... There is nothing yet discovered which is a substitute to the English patient for his cup of tea.
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