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Florence Nightingale and Henry Dunant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Pierre Boissier*
Affiliation:
Director of the Henry Dunant Institute

Extract

Florence Nightingale and Henry Dunant are two names which are associated in much that has been written about the Red Cross and army medical services. Only seldom are their outstanding personalities contrasted. Where does the truth lie? In similarity or difference? Let us try to sort things out.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1973

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References

1 See: Revue Internationale de la Croix-Rouge:

“Comment l'Europe accueillit le Souvenir de Solférino”, by Gagnebin, B., 06 1950;Google Scholar

“Florence Nightingale and Henry Dunant”, by Lossier, J.-G., English supplement of 05 1954.Google Scholar