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By Florence Nightingale
And what nursing has to do in either case, is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.
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- Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not, 1860 · Chapter Conclusion
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- Harrison, London (Project Gutenberg text, eBook #17366)
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From the Conclusion of Florence Nightingale's Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not (London: Harrison, 1860). "Either case" refers to the sentences just before it, where she says medicine and surgery only remove obstructions and nature alone cures.