i. 461, 463, 466; wide influence of the School in this respect, 465,

466, ii. 125, 190, 192, 194, 254, 256, 326, 335; Home Sister appointed (1874), ii. 248; 50th anniversary, i. 456 _n._, celebrated in America, ii. 421; F. N.'s personal concern in the School, interviews with nurses, etc., i. 463, ii. 246 _seq._, 326, 412. For successive Matrons, _see_ Wardroper, Pringle, Gordon _Nineteenth Century_, ii. 269 _n._, 290 Nobiling, attempt on Emperor William I., ii. 314 _n._ Noel, Gerard, i. 38 Noise, i. 453 "No Popery" agitation, i. 56, 244 North London District Nursing Association, ii. 256 North Staffordshire Infirmary, i. 423 Northbrook, Lord, Viceroy of India 1872, does not call on F. N., ii. 213; letter to her, ii. 214; report on sanitary progress to F. N. through Lord Salisbury, ii. 279; communications with her, ii. 290 Northcote, Sir Stafford (Lord Iddesleigh), succeeds Lord Cranborne as Indian Secretary (1867), ii. 146; calls on F. N., ii. 151-2, 153; commissions her to draft various sanitary papers, ii. 154; letters to F. N., ii. 151, 184; F. N. on, ii. 152, 153; Jowett on, ii. 155; recommends Dr. Farr for "C.B.," ii. 289 _n._ Norwood, a villa at, ii. 311 Novello, Clara (Contessa Gigliucci), i. 447, 500, 501; Sabilla, ii. 441 Novels, ii. 425 "Nuisances Removal Act," F. N. as, ii. 169 _Nunc Dimittis_, i. 492 Nuremberg, A. Dürer at, i. 369 Nurses, Nursing: a calling, not a profession, ii. 365, 366; a Fine Art, 455; a progressive art, ii. 264, 367; as occupation for gentlewomen, i. 117; development of trained, ii. 186; drinking among, i. 117, 442, 444; hints to, i. 453; history of, i. 439-40; F. N.'s place in, i. 440 _seq._; progress of, since her reforms, i. 456; ideal of, in Shakespeare, i. 455; Jubilee Institute, ii. 355; moral influence of, ii. 264; National Pension Scheme, ii. 356; "nursing the well," i. 452; old style of, i. 454; popular qualifications for, i. 454; Registration controversy ("The Nurses' Battle"), ii. 269, 356 _seq._; scope and motives in, ii. 263, 269, 271; state of (1850), i. 61, 442 _seq._ Nurses, Nursing, Female, in the Crimean War: affection for F. N. among the first party, i. 163, 261; "angels without hands" among, i. 246; composition of the first party, i. 158; deaths among, i. 239, 261; difficulty of obtaining suitable women, i. 158, 252; difficulty of maintaining discipline, i. 185, 187; hostility among some of the second party, i. 289; "mainstays" among, i. 299-301; marriage of some, i. 247; no disciple of F. N. among, ii. 14; proselytizing among, i. 249-50; Rules and Regulations for, i. 187, 188; uniform of, i. 183, 186, 187 Nurses, Nursing, Female, in Military Hospitals: introduction of, after Crimean War, i. 194, 347, 373, 392-393; in Egypt, ii. 335, 337, 341-2, 346-52; in India, ii. 55, 369, 407; military prejudice against, i. 149, 167-8; Lord Wolseley in favour of, ii. 341-2; Regulations for, ii. 66, 194; War Nursing Reserve, ii. 365 _Nursing Record_, ii. 363 Nutting and Dock, _History of Nursing_, i. 416, 466, ii. 465

O'Connell, Daniel, ii. 167 Official dilatoriness, ii. 34, 48-9, 147 Old age, last years of life the best, ii. 398, 399, 402, 403, 404 Omar Khayyám, ii. 94, 95 Omar Pacha, i. 231 _n._ Ommanney, Lieut. W. F., ii. 185 _Once a Week_, ii. 35 Opera, F. N.'s love of the, i. 19, 24 Opium, injections of, ii. 106 Order of Merit, conferred on F. N., ii. 418, 420, 469 Orderlies, in hospitals, i. 219, 225, 226, ii. 328, 337, 342, 350, 370, 393 Orders, religious Sisterhoods, etc., i. 57, 62, 424, 425, 432 Osborne, Rev. and Hon. (afterwards Lord) Sydney Godolphin, assists F. N. at Scutari, i. 241; his _Scutari and its Hospitals_, ii. 459; quoted, on F. N., i. 183, 201, 230, 231, 235, 245 Osburn, Miss, ii. 192 Osiris, i. 85, ii. 390 Ossory, the Lord of, ii. 319 Overcrowding, "convenient," ii. 28 Owl, F. N.'s pet, i. 89, 160, 369 Oxford, agricultural education at, ii. 333-4, 394; College meetings, ii. 99; Hebdomadal Council, ii. 99; Greats School subjects, ii. 316; Jowett (_q.v._) and, ii. 322; F. N.'s visit to, i. 65

Pacifico crisis, 1850, i. 89-90 Paddington District Nursing Association, ii. 256 "Padgett, M.P.," ii. 27 Paget, Sir James, on _Notes on Hospitals_, i. 417; on _Notes on Nursing_, i. 448; on Nursing Reform, i. 444; co-operates with F. N. on Hospital Statistics, i. 430, 434; letters to F. N., i. 417, 434, 448, 464; otherwise referred to, i. 499, ii. 355, 363 Pains of Hell, i. 50 Pakington, Sir J., i. 269 _Pall Mall Gazette_, ii. 137, 346 _n._ Palmer, Sir Roundell, ii. 93 Palmerston, Lady, i. 272, 443 Palmerston, Lord, friend and neighbour of the Nightingales at Embley, i. 35, 36, 37; Don Pacifico crisis (1850), i. 90; supports F. N.'s offer to go to the East (1854), i. 151; becomes Prime Minister (1855), i. 217; supports her appeal about drinking in the army (1855), i. 278; asks her to report on her experiences (1856), i. 327; F. N. visits, at Broadlands (1856), i. 341; urges adoption of her views about Netley on Lord Panmure, i. 340, 341; speech on air and sanitation (1858), i. 419; refers to F. N. in speech at Herbert Memorial meeting (1861), i. 410; receives letter from F. N. about Lord de Grey and reads it to the Queen (1863), ii. 30, 31; appoints Captain Galton to War Office at F. N.'s instance (1862), ii. 62, 73; death of, F. N.'s appreciation, ii. 92; "a powerful protector to me," ii. 92; various references, i. 6, 338, 378, ii. 29, 43 Panmure, Lord (afterwards, 1860, Earl of Dalhousie), becomes Secretary for War (1855), i. 217; F. N.'s correspondence with, during Crimean War, i. 222; sends dispatch on religious difficulties, i. 251; discusses her views on drinking in army, i. 278, 279; supports her authority in Crimea, i. 292, 297; thanks her for her services, i. 301; F. N. commanded to meet, at Balmoral (1856), i. 325; negotiations with him there, i. 326, 327; interview with F. N. to settle Royal Commission, etc. (Nov. 1856), i. 329-31; delays appointment of R. C. for six months, i. 331, 334, 335; delays official instructions for her Report for three months, i. 335, 343; issues instructions for _Subsidiary Notes_, i. 346-7; action towards Sir J. McNeill and Colonel Tulloch (1857), i. 337; controversy with F. N. about Netley (1856-57), i. 340-2; calls on F. N. to announce appointment of Royal Commission (1857), i. 354; negotiations with Sidney Herbert for enforcing R. C.'s Report, i. 363; delays appointment of executive Sub-Commissions, i. 364; mentioned as possible successor to Sir G. Lewis (1863), ii. 29; objects to F. N. giving all credit for reform to Herbert, ii. 69; attacks Herbert Hospital (1865), ii. 68, 69; character of, slow to move, etc., i. 322, 330, 378, 386; called "the Bison," i. 325, 365; calls F. N. "a turbulent fellow," i. 378; various references, i. 323, 328, 335, 365 _Panmure Papers_, ii. 465; quoted or referred to, i. 259, 279, 302, 325, 341, 347 Papal Infallibility, ii. 315 Paris, F. N.'s sojourns at, (1838-39), i. 19; (1853) Feb., i. 127-8, June, i. 131; (1854) Oct., i. 162; Assistance Publique, ii. 136; hospital relief at police stations, ii. 51; Maternité hospital, i. 61. _See also_ Sisters Parkes, Dr. E. A., i. 174, 390, 441, ii. 56; last letter to F. N., ii. 317; death, her appreciation of him, ii. 318 Parkes, Sir Henry, ii. 191, 192 Parnell, C. S., ii. 304 Parthe. _See_ Verney, Lady Pascal, _Provinciales_, ii. 316 _Passages from the Life of a Daughter at Home_, i. 63, 94 Passivity in action, ii. 102, 241 Paulet, Lord William, i. 279, ii. 73 Pavilion system of hospital construction, i. 340, 342, 419, 427, ii. 69 Payne, Surgeon-General Arthur, ii. 370, 378 "Pearl," The, ii. 254, 255 Pedro V., King of Portugal, i. 421, 422 Peel, General, Secretary for War (1858-1859), i. 378, 379, 381, 383, 394,