Florence Nightingale an outpouring of generous donations. Sidney Herbert served as honorary secretary of the fund and the Duke of Cambridge was chairman. Nightingale was considered a pioneer in the concept of "medical tourism" as well, based on her 1856 letters describing spas in the Ottoman Empire. She detailed the health conditions, physical descriptions, dietary information, and other vital details of patients whom she directed there. The treatment there was significantly less expensive than in Switzerland. Nightingale had £45,000 at her disposal from the Nightingale Fund to set up the Nightingale Training School at St. Thomas' Hospital on 9 July 1860. The
Florence Nightingale Nightingale", featuring Elisabeth Risdon. In 1936, Kay Francis played Nightingale in the film titled "The White Angel". In 1951, "The Lady with a Lamp" starred Anna Neagle. Portrayals of Nightingale on television, in documentary as in fiction, vary – the BBC's 2008 "Florence Nightingale", featuring Laura Fraser, emphasised her independence and feeling of religious calling, but in Channel 4's 2006 "Mary Seacole: The Real Angel of the Crimea", she is portrayed as narrow-minded and opposed to Seacole's efforts. Other portrayals include: Florence Nightingale's image appeared on the reverse of £10 Series D banknotes issued by the Bank of England from