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Variety of form and brilliancy of colour in the objects presented to patients are actual means of recovery.

Florence Nightingale

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Florence Nightingale
Age: 90 †
Born: 1820
Born: May 12
Died: 1910
Died: August 13
Nurse
Politician
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Florence
Tuscany
Nightingale Florence
Lady with the Lamp
Angel of Crimea
Miss Smith
Variety
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Healing
Brilliancy
Objects
Patients
Color
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Means
Recovery
Form
Colour
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Actual

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