Transcriber’s Note Words in italics are marked with _underscores_. Words in small capitals are shown in UPPER CASE. There are three parts to this book, each starting with page 1. The first and last parts are marked “PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.”, these words were underlined in the original. Footnotes have been moved to the end of each part. Variant spelling and inconsistent hyphenation are retained, a few palpable printing errors have been corrected. The key for the plan of the Lariboisière Hospital was originally handwritten. No changes have been made to this for missing or irregular use of accents or cedillas. The tables of numbers of nurses near the end of the book were originally printed in landscape, with some sideways printing. The columns and rows have been swapped to make these tables easier to read on small screens. SUBSIDIARY NOTES AS TO THE INTRODUCTION OF FEMALE NURSING INTO MILITARY HOSPITALS IN PEACE AND IN WAR. Presented by request to the Secretary of State for War. LONDON: PRINTED BY HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN’S LANE, W.C. 1858. CONTENTS. PAGES DIGEST v–x Thoughts submitted by Order, concerning-- I. Hospital Nurses 1–9 II. Nurses in Civil Hospitals 9–14 III. Nurses in Her Majesty’s Hospitals 15–19 Systems of Female Nursing in the War Hospitals of the different Nations engaged in the Crimean War 19–26 Note in regard to the Russian Nurses employed in the War Hospitals of the Crimea 26–28 * * * * * Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and in War 1–63 Addenda with regard to Female Nursing in a Military Hospital on the Pavilion or Lariboisière Plan 63–90 Addenda as to Mixed Nursing, by Nurses and Orderlies, in Military Hospitals, on the Double Pavilion or Vincennes Plan 91–117 Additional Hints as to Ventilation, Hospital Floors, and Cautions in Ward-building suggested by the Lariboisière Hospital 118–127 Note on Contagion and Infection 128–132 Note on Observations by the Principal Medical Officer of the Army in the East 132, 133 * * * * * Thoughts submitted as to an Eventual Nurses’ Provident Fund 1–19 Note as to the Number of Women employed as Nurses in Great Britain 20, 21