It  is  a  book  which  shotild  be  owned  not  only  by
every  member  of  the  nursing  profession,  but  which
should  find  its  place  in  every  home,  not  to  replace
the  ever-increasing  body  of  knowledge  relating  to
the  development  of  that  priceless  possession  of  every
nation,  its  child-life,  but  because  it  interprets  in
simple  terms  the  age-old  principle  of  healthy  living.
It  should  be  noted  that  Florence  Nightingale
makes  very  clear  the  distinction  between  persons
professionally  qualified  for  the  practice  of  nursing
and  the  knowledge  essential  for  every  woman  to
whom  may  come  at  any  time  a  call  to  render  nursing
service  in  some  form.
Though  the  message  of  this  little  book  is  for  all,
to  none  shotdd  its  appeal  be  stronger  than  to  the
American  nurses  of  the  twentieth  centtiry  who,  as
teachers,  as  citizens,  and  ofttimes  as  mothers,  have,
through  their  acquired  knowledge,  the  responsi-
bilities that  citizenship  in  a  democracy  implies.  It  is
a  tragic  fact  that,  despite  almost  phenomenal  ad-
vances in  the  art  and  science  of  living,  ignorance,
poverty  and  disease  still  obtain  in  great  degree.  Let
us  hope  that  this  little  book  will,  in  this  present
edition,  continue  its  career  of  usefidness.
Annie  W.  Goodrich.
NOTES  ON  NURSING:


WHAT    IT    IS,   AND    WHAT   IT   IS    NOT.
BY


FLORENCE   NIGHTINGALE.
LONDON:
HAERISON,    59,    PALL    MALL,

BOOKSELLER  TO  THE  QUEEN.
[The  right  of  Translation  is  reserved.]


FBDITED  BY  HARBISON  AMD  SONS,

ST,  martin's  lane,  w.o.
Facsimile  of

the  First  Edition,  printed  in  London,  1859.
Reproduced  by  offset  in  /g^6  by

Edward  Stern  &  Company,  Inc.,

Philadelphia  Pennsylvania


PREFACE.
