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12 May — On this day in medicine

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Florence Nightingale, circa 1860; photograph by Henry Hering. — Florence Nightingale, circa 1860; photograph by Henry Hering.
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Henry Hering (1814–1893) / National Portrait Gallery, Londres, NPG x82368 / Wikimedia Commons
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Full frame retained; proportional resizing and WebP conversion. Display fitted to the card frame. No generative retouching. Original licence retained.
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1820 · Birth

12 May 1820: Florence Nightingale is born

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