Thursday, December 8, 2011

international personalities


one of the greatest personalities of the world was florence nightingale became famous by virtue of her service to humanity.florence nightingale was born in florence in italy in 1820.she was named at her birth place florence.she grew up and studied in england.from her very childhood she showed the tendency of service to others.she played with her dolls and toys was more interested in the service of the sick.when she grew up a little more,she attended to her sick neighbours.her mother prepared medicine which she took,rode her pony,visited them and distributed the medicine free of cost.her father was also pleased with her and encouraged her in work and taught her many practical things.when florence in the 1884 a.d  a war broke out between england ,france,and turkey on one side and the russia on the3 other side.it was called the crimean war which continued till1856.many soldier were killed and admitted to scutari hospital.the people in england were quite ignorant of the situation.when folorence read the report,she wrote to other nurses

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