Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses

Between 1872 and 1900 Miss Nightingale used, when she was able, to send an annual letter or address to the pro¬bationer-nurses of the Nightingale School at St. Thomas' Hospital, "and the nurses who have been trained there." These addresses were usually read aloud by Sir Harry Ver-ney, the chairman of the Nightingale Fund, in the presence of the probationers and nurses, and a printed copy or a lith¬ographed facsimile of the manuscript was given to each of the nurses present, "for private use...