23 May 2011

A 130-year-old letter written by Florence Nightingale to Addenbrooke's matron Alice Fisher was discovered at the hospital.

Jenny Hunt, visiting professor at Anglia Ruskin's Faculty of Health & Social Care, discovered the letter written by the world's most famous nurse through US archive while doing research on Alice Fisher.

This letter gives a fantastic insight into what nursing was like in the 19th century and how nursing was improved greatly by the influence of Florence Nightingale and her pupils.

For more details about this story, read the Cambridge First article.