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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ben Mitchell

Florence Nightingale letter on display after spending 140 years in scrapbook

PA Wire

An original letter by Florence Nightingale in which she writes of her poor health following her return from the Crimean War has gone on display for the first time.

The handwritten note by the nursing pioneer from 1872 is being put on show by the University of Chichester to mark International Nursing Day on Thursday May 12.

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