Letter to Mr. Paget
18yy-mm-dd

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I must trouble you to
return me this also.
2. Several of our Hospts. have
been good enough to
send me their statistics
this year. Among these,
St. Bartholomew has
unquestionably the best.
(Though I think he
might do still more
in improving his
Statistical Forms).
And Guy, who used
to be the best, is now
unquestionably the worst.
I wish I could
say that I had done
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anything yet in utilizing
your invaluable
materials for the
record of "Causes of
Death after Operations".
But I have not. I
do not however despair
of doing something
this year.
We are overwhelmed
with business at the
War O., business
almost hopeless now
that we have lost
our head.
I am like Professor
Tyndall, if he had
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broken both his wrists
at the top of the
Weiss horn.
Our chief is dead.
Also, since Albert is
dead too, the Commander
in Chief has gone to
the dogs entirely
Yours faithfully &
gratefully
Florence Nightingale
James Paget Esq.