Abstract

HERRERA RODRIGUEZ, Francisco. Florence Nightingale's "Letters from Egypt 1849-1850", a spiritual journey as well. Temperamentvm [online]. 2020, vol.16, e13006.  Epub June 06, 2022. ISSN 1699-6011.

In this article we have studied "Letters from Egypt 1849-1850" by Florence Nightingale (1820-1910). A collection of letters written by the British nurse with the intention of giving her family news about her trip to Egypt; letters that offer historical, cultural, anthropological data, personal opinions sometimes controversial and polemic, and also comments on the spiritual crisis that she was going through at those moments in her life. An important work to understand the decisions she took in the 1850s about her future.

Keywords : Florence Nightingale; History of Nursing; Letters from Egypt; Nursing; Egypt; XIX century.