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5 NOTICES OP BOOKS. 139
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Observations on the Sanitary State of th...
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5 Notices Op Books. 139
5 NOTICES OP BOOKS . 139
Observations On The Sanitary State Of Th...
Observations on the Sanitary State of the Army in India . By Florence NihtingaleEStanford 6 CharinCross .
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hands were Royal rep received Commission y of Miss by Ni the on htingale commissioners the sanitary with a state , request they of were our that p Indian laced she in would army the ,
consists examine and of these comment comments g upon , them the , reports and the which present formed little work their
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from she penetrates the task , . to Going the simp throug le truth h the amid reports contradictions station by statio and in n - ,
consistencieslays her finger as it were upon the special plagae the spot circumstances in each , , and indicates while a the quiet remedial irony measure running best throug fitted hout to
; g and compass ives enforces anim of ation a few her to pages admirabl her descri she e s p recommendations ets tions before _, points us her a vivid . just Within p censures icture the of ,
the life of a soldier in Indiawithout occupation or amusement , his passing bed in the an hours over-crowde from one d unventilated meal , -time to barrack another in loung the immediate ing upon
vicinity occasionall of never carried -cleaned by cesspools hand in or buckets noisome , ; accumulations the means of
ablution one y tub or basin away to 100 menor it may be a tin pot with which he can throw water over , himselfand for water
cooked skin supp s ly born depending animal e upon food upon men per ' s day what backs banished ; can stup ; gorged be ified to broug with with ht an ital to one unstinte , him pound in d leathern in supp of ill ly
respect mattress of spirits than ; of arid the hemp when barrack or sick straw , to strugg , over le -run with a hosp with pain vermin and worse disease , without every on a
sheets or , and towel placed without on a any damp different bricked food flo from or ; withou his ordinary t a basin fare ; ,
soap and , without ; orderlies or female nursesthe only attendance ,
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 139, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/67/
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