Page 24 - Clinical conference /Nursing rounds and practice

She is a ‘ministering angel’ without any exaggeration
in these hospitals, and as her slender form glides
quietly along each corridor, every poor fellow’s face
softens with gratitude at the sight of her.
When all the medical officers have retired for the night
and silence and darkness have settled down upon
those miles of prostrate sick, she may be observed
alone, with a little lamp in her hand, making her
solitary rounds.