The development of nursing care of the sick in Western Europe in the 18th and the first half of the 19th centuries by Jerzy Supady

“…The Enlightenment ideology and the French Revolution had a very negative impact on the activities of religious congregations in respect of nursing care of the sick in hospitals in the 18th century. Emperor Napoleon I attempted to improve the existing situation by restoring the right for nursing care to nuns. …”
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