Nursing in India type of nursing. In 1664 the East India Company started a hospital for soldiers in a house at Fort St.George, Madras. The first sisters were sent from St Thomas' Hospital, London to this military hospital. In 1797 a Lying-in-Hospital (maternity) for the poor of Madras was built with the help of subscriptions by John Underwood. In 1854 the government sanctioned a training school for midwives in Madras. Florence Nightingale was the first woman to have great influence over nursing in India and had a close knowledge of Indian conditions, especially in the army. She was interested in the nursing service
Florence Nightingale Levy Baltimore Museum of Art. Levy also was general manager of the Art Alliance of America (1917–19), executive secretary of the Arts Council of New York City (1927–32), and executive secretary of the American Fine Arts Society (1941). Her notes are used as a source for the "Benezit Dictionary of Artists", often being quoted as "Florence N. Levy". Florence Nightingale Levy Florence Nightingale Levy (August 13, 1870, New York City – November 15, 1947, New York City) was an American arts administrator notable for founding of the publication "American Art Annual" in 1898. Florence Nightingale Levy was daughter to Joseph Arthur