CRIMEAN WAR ~ BIRTH OF A CARING NURSE ... The legend of Florence Nightingale was born on the morning of 24 February, 1855, when the Illustrated London News published a picture of a woman gliding through a hospital ward of stricken soldiers, holding a lamp. In a war that had sparked only negative headlines about the terrible conditions and the agony of injured troops, here was an image of angelic compassion that struck a national chord. The picture, taken from an artists engraving and based on reports of Nightingales work at the CRIMEAN WAR , was reproduced in the Times and suddenly Florencemania gripped the country. Today once again the dark clouds loom large on the Crimean peninsula as they go to Referendum and US and United Nations opposition with Russia flesing muscles in the region point towards another skirmish in the days ahead ... Hope we dont see the incarnation of Florence Nightingale .... READ THE ARTICLE ON CRIMEAS FATE ON 16 MARCH WRITTEN BY ME AND PUBLISHED IN THE NAGPUR BASED NEWSPAPER - LOKMAT SAMACHAR ~ Editorial Page ....
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 05:07:47 +0000
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