NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910). Notes on hospitals. London: J.W. Parker & Sons, 1859. 8o. Folding printed table; 3 folding lithographed plates. Original brown basketweave cloth, gilt-lettered front cover (rebacked, extremities worn). Provenance: A. W. Fursdon (gift inscription "from F.J.F." FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM OF THE MOST EXHAUSTIVE STUDY OF THE TIME OF HOSPITAL PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION. A collection of five papers, two read before the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science in October 1858, 3 previously printed in The builder (Vol. 16, 1858). Nightingale "blamed the majority of hospital deaths on overcrowding, lack of light and ventilation, and the collection of large numbers of the sick under one roof" (Norman). Garrison-Morton 1611; Norman 1599. -- [NIGHTINGALE]. Mortality of the British Army, at home, at home and abroad, and during the Russian war, as compared with the mortality of the civil population in England ... Reprinted from the Report of the Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the Regulations affecting the Sanitary State of the Army. London: Harrison & Sons, 1858. 4o. 11 chromolithographed drawings, 8 folding. Bound with 7 other reports on similar subjects. Red cloth, gilt-lettered spine (extremities worn). FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Nightingale apparently persuaded the Secretary of War, Sidney Herbert, to include her report as an appendix in the Royal Commission's Report, in order that it would thereafter command greater authority, bearing the note "Reprinted from the Report of the Royal Commission". The chromolithographs, referred to as "coxcombs" by Nightingale, illustrate her arguments concerning the different mortality rates for soldiers and civilians. Norman 1597. -- NIGHTINGALE. A contribution to the sanitary history of the British Army during the late war with Russia. London: Harrison & Sons for J.W. Parker & Sons, 1859. 2o. 2 lithographs, 1 chromolithograph. Original dark green boards, gilt-lettered front cover, cloth spine (very minor wear to extremities). FIRST EDITION. A reply to an anonymous pamphlet casting doubt on Nightingale's Crimean War statistics. Norman 1598. -- NIGHTINGALE. Sanitary statistics of native colonial schools and hospitals. London: [George Eyre & William Spottiswoode], 1863. Original lavender-gray printed wrappers. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. An enquiry into the decline of native populations in areas colonized by Europeans, concluding that the causes were variously overpopulation, the transition from "uncivilized" to "civilized" vices, and the acquisition of "civilized" vices such as alcoholism. Norman 1603. (4)

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NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910). Notes on hospitals. London: J.W. Parker & Sons, 1859. 8o. Folding printed table; 3 folding lithographed plates. Original brown basketweave cloth, gilt-lettered front cover (rebacked, extremities worn). Provenance: A. W. Fursdon (gift inscription "from F.J.F." FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM OF THE MOST EXHAUSTIVE STUDY OF THE TIME OF HOSPITAL PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION. A collection of five papers, two read before the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science in October 1858, 3 previously printed in The builder (Vol. 16, 1858). Nightingale "blamed the majority of hospital deaths on overcrowding, lack of light and ventilation, and the collection of large numbers of the sick under one roof" (Norman). Garrison-Morton 1611; Norman 1599. -- [NIGHTINGALE]. Mortality of the British Army, at home, at home and abroad, and during the Russian war, as compared with the mortality of the civil population in England ... Reprinted from the Report of the Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the Regulations affecting the Sanitary State of the Army. London: Harrison & Sons, 1858. 4o. 11 chromolithographed drawings, 8 folding. Bound with 7 other reports on similar subjects. Red cloth, gilt-lettered spine (extremities worn). FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Nightingale apparently persuaded the Secretary of War, Sidney Herbert, to include her report as an appendix in the Royal Commission's Report, in order that it would thereafter command greater authority, bearing the note "Reprinted from the Report of the Royal Commission". The chromolithographs, referred to as "coxcombs" by Nightingale, illustrate her arguments concerning the different mortality rates for soldiers and civilians. Norman 1597. -- NIGHTINGALE. A contribution to the sanitary history of the British Army during the late war with Russia. London: Harrison & Sons for J.W. Parker & Sons, 1859. 2o. 2 lithographs, 1 chromolithograph. Original dark green boards, gilt-lettered front cover, cloth spine (very minor wear to extremities). FIRST EDITION. A reply to an anonymous pamphlet casting doubt on Nightingale's Crimean War statistics. Norman 1598. -- NIGHTINGALE. Sanitary statistics of native colonial schools and hospitals. London: [George Eyre & William Spottiswoode], 1863. Original lavender-gray printed wrappers. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. An enquiry into the decline of native populations in areas colonized by Europeans, concluding that the causes were variously overpopulation, the transition from "uncivilized" to "civilized" vices, and the acquisition of "civilized" vices such as alcoholism. Norman 1603. (4)