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#Florence_Nightingale: how the lady with the lamp was guided by father’s advice
Letters reveal that the 19th-century pioneer’s radical approach to healthcare was inspired by a strict family regime
Florence Nightingale in the hospital at Scutari, Crimean War, 1855
Florence Nightingale on her rounds in the Barrack hospital at Scutari during the Crimean war, 1855.
Dalya Alberge
Sun 6 Sep 2020 08.04 BST
Last modified on Sun 6 Sep 2020 09.17 BST
She was the 19th-century pioneer of modern nursing, dubbed the “lady with the lamp” for her continuous care of wounded soldiers in the Crimean war. In an earlier age of contagion, she was far ahead of her time in realising that cleanliness, fresh air and open-air exercise helped patients recover from injury and disease.
Now a previously unpublished letter that Florence Nightingale received as a teenager from her father reveals that he was a major inspiration in shaping her radical approach to a healthy mind and body.
In 1835, William Nightingale wrote to his daughter setting out a strict regime for keeping fit: “Exercise for 10 minutes every day before breakfast. Before you dress do the exercise of the arms 20 times. In the course of the day 20 minutes’ exercise must be done and if not well done 10 minutes more. Run down to the gate before breakfast by the road … Every day you must be an hour out of doors before dinner unless you have permission to do otherwise.”
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