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" A small pet animal is often an excellent companion for the sick, for long chronic cases especially. A pet bird in a cage is sometimes the only pleasure of an invalid confined for years to the same room. If he can feed and clean the animal himself, "
Notes on Nursing: What it Is, and what it is Not - Page 103
by Florence Nightingale - 1860 - 140 pages
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Florence Nightingale, Frances Ridley Havergal, Catherine Marsh, Mrs. Ranyard ...

Lizzie Alldridge - Women - 1885 - 156 pages
...belief in animals. Many years afterwards, when her name was known all over the world, she wrote: " A small pet animal is often an excellent companion for the sick, for long chronic cases especially. An invalid, in giving an account of his nursing by a nurse and a dog, infinitely preferred that of...
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A Series of lectures on surgical nursing & hospital technic

Conrade A. Howell - 1913 - 398 pages
...life. She was intensely fond of animals, and even after her name had become illustrious, she wrote : 'A small pet animal is often an excellent companion...for the sick, for long chronic cases especially.' " With wealth and education around her, Miss Nightingale soon absorbed that grace and refinement which...
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The Life of Florence Nightingale: 1820-1861

Sir Edward Tyas Cook - Nurses - 1913 - 566 pages
...She was fond of riding, and fond of dogs. " A small pet animal," she said many years afterwards, " is often an excellent companion for the sick, for long chronic cases especially." " The more I see of men," wrote a cynic, " the more I love dogs." Florence Nightingale, in the same...
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The Life of Florence Nightingale: 1820-1861

Sir Edward Tyas Cook - History - 1913 - 556 pages
...She was fond of riding, and fond of dogs. " A small pet animal," she said many years afterwards, " is often an excellent companion for the sick, for long chronic cases especially." " The more I see of men," wrote a cynic, " the more I love dogs." Florence Nightingale, in the same...
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The Life of Florence Nightingale v. 1, Volume 1

Sir Edward Tyas Cook - 1914 - 584 pages
...She was fond of riding, and fond of dogs. " A small pet animal," she said many years afterwards, " is often an excellent companion for the sick, for long chronic cases especially." " The more I see of men," wrote a cynic, " the more I love dogs." Florence Nightingale, in the same...
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Florence Nightingale on Public Health Care: Collected Works of Florence ...

Florence Nightingale, Lynn McDonald - Medical - 2004 - 701 pages
...him of one benevolent act which has really succeeded practically—it is like a day's health to him. (A small pet animal is often an excellent companion...room. If he can feed and clean the animal himself, he ought always to be encouraged <{and assisted}> to do so. <An invalid, in giving an account of his...
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Why the Wild Things Are: Animals in the Lives of Children

Gail F. Melson - Nature - 2005 - 258 pages
...a lower rate than pets. 13 When Florence Nightingale, in her Notes on Nursing (1860), observed that "a small pet animal is often an excellent companion for the sick," she was reflecting a growing belief in the ameliorating effects of nature on an increasingly urban...
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The Quotable Dog Lover

Patricia M. Sherwood - Nature - 2004 - 300 pages
...have the same feelings—they understand the dogs' need because they, too, have the need. A small pet is often an excellent companion for the sick, for long chronic cases especially. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Noms ON NURSING (1859) The Ban-Dog Their first feat was to carry ninety tons of...
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Animal Elders: Caring about Our Aging Animal Companions

Diane Pomerance - Bereavement - 2005 - 68 pages
...not only while they are young, but also when they are old and past service. — Plutarch A small pet is often an excellent companion for the sick, for long chronic cases especially. — Florence Nightingale I love cats because I enjoy my home; And little by little they become its...
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Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy: Theoretical Foundations and Guidelines ...

Aubrey H. Fine - Psychology - 2011 - 552 pages
...period. In her Notes on Nursing (1880), for instance, Florence Nightingale observed that a small pet "is often an excellent companion for the sick, for long chronic cases especially." VI. ANIMALS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY Despite the apparent success of 19th-century experiments in animal-assisted...
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