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At the age of 24, Florence Nightingale decided to dedicate herself to the care of the sick, especially those wounded in battle. She worked for nearly a year with the nursing Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul in Alexandria, Egypt. After that, when she established a hospital to tend thewounded during the Crimean War (1854-1856), she welcomed the assistance of thirty-eight women, including a group of Catholic nuns. This book tells the story of those ten heroic nuns from the Convent of Mercy in Bermondsey, England. The conditions in military hospitals at the time were extremely primitive and often lacked the most basic necessities for treating the wounded and the dying. But these dedicated nurses, especially the devoted nuns who saw Christ in their patients, sought to give them the very best care possible. Their successful struggle to establish higher standards of sanitation and care became widely known after the war, and Florence Nightingale became famous.(If you are trying to purchase this item and it shows as "out of stock," please call the store during business hours (512-382-1728) to double check--we are constantly re-stocking items and it simply may not have updated to the web. Thank you for your patience and patronage!)
