CHAPTER II. Alliance with Sir Bartle Frere

ALLIANCE WITH SIR BARTLE FRERE (1867-1868)

Miss Nightingale's concern for a better organization of the public health service in India. Approaching retirement of Sir John Lawrence: her anxiety to insert "the main-spring"--Points for which she contended. II. Lord Cranborne succeeded at the India Office by Sir Stafford Northcote--Miss Nightingale's friendship with Sir Bartle Frere--She determines to advance--The "Doors versus Windows" controversy. III. Her communications with Sir S. Northcote --Interviews with him--Her scheme of organization adopted--Dispatch and other sanitary papers drafted by her. IV. Attitude of the Government of India--Letters from Sir John Lawrence--Abandonment of a female nursing scheme--Miss Nightingale's vexation. V. Continued correspondence with Sir John Lawrence--His return to England--Visit to Miss Nightingale 144