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Literary
September 24, 1899
The News & Observer
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
In a Derbyshire village before the Crimean War, young Florence Nightingale nurses an injured sheep dog back to health, saving it from being drowned. This early act of kindness foreshadows her later heroic nursing of wounded soldiers in the Crimea.
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HER FIRST PATIENT
Some years ago before the Crimean war, in a Derbyshire village, a young girl might have been seen kneeling on the brick floor of a shepherd's cottage. She was bending over a great rough sheep dog, while a gentleman at her side was looking at the animal's paws, which had been badly hurt. The shepherd was going to drown poor Cap, the dog, thinking that he would never be of any more use, but a friend who examined his leg said that it was not broken and only needed bathing in hot water.
The girl then lighted a fire, boiled some water, tore up some flannel into strips and bathed the poor dog's leg. The next day she came and did the same thing again, and before long Cap was as well as ever. That girl was Miss Florence Nightingale, and when she grew up she went to the Crimea and nursed the sick and wounded soldiers who had no friends to care for them in that cold and dreary climate.
—Chatterbox.
Some years ago before the Crimean war, in a Derbyshire village, a young girl might have been seen kneeling on the brick floor of a shepherd's cottage. She was bending over a great rough sheep dog, while a gentleman at her side was looking at the animal's paws, which had been badly hurt. The shepherd was going to drown poor Cap, the dog, thinking that he would never be of any more use, but a friend who examined his leg said that it was not broken and only needed bathing in hot water.
The girl then lighted a fire, boiled some water, tore up some flannel into strips and bathed the poor dog's leg. The next day she came and did the same thing again, and before long Cap was as well as ever. That girl was Miss Florence Nightingale, and when she grew up she went to the Crimea and nursed the sick and wounded soldiers who had no friends to care for them in that cold and dreary climate.
—Chatterbox.
What sub-type of article is it?
Prose Fiction
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
War Peace
What keywords are associated?
Florence Nightingale
Crimean War
Nursing
Sheep Dog
Derbyshire
Shepherd
Compassion
What entities or persons were involved?
—Chatterbox.
Literary Details
Title
Her First Patient
Author
—Chatterbox.
Form / Style
Biographical Anecdote In Prose
Key Lines
That Girl Was Miss Florence Nightingale, And When She Grew Up She Went To The Crimea And Nursed The Sick And Wounded Soldiers Who Had No Friends To Care For Them In That Cold And Dreary Climate.