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This is the uplifting story of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of the modern nursing profession, from her earliest days as the daughter of English squire to her role as Angel of the Crimea, and her later life of service. With the training she received at hospitals on the Continent, she was fully prepared to care for the wounded in the Crimean War (between Russia and an alliance of Great Britain, France, and Turkey).

After 28 days on a respirator, hanging in the balance of life and death at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Queens, Gary Mizel was well enough to be sent into a rehabilitation center to regain the strength to hold up his head and walk again. A month later, Mizel was released to his only family member, his sister Vicki, and returned to his home in Astoria. This miraculous story of recovery is being published in Vicki Mizel’s newest book, A Sister’s Love–How Family Bonds Can Save a Life.

Author Sarah K. Bolton wrote many wonderful and concise biographies of men and women that had lived and died in her era. She tells the stories from first-hand accounts (hers and others). This biography of one of the most influential nurses who ever lived is masterfully told - from early days attending to dogs to transforming the way we care for the military wounded.

Florence Nightingale, pionera en la práctica de la enfermería y madre de esta disciplina médica es acaso una de las figuras femeninas más recordadas del siglo XX. Metódica, analítica, obstinada, rebelde contra los prejuicios de su época hacia su género y la profesión que escogió, su férrea determinación la llevó a reestructurar y mejorar las condiciones de salud tanto en el frente de batalla como en los hospitales de ambos lados del Atlántico. Su innegable contribución a la humanidad.