(2) An octavo abridged edition (July 1863). This edition does not include either Miss N.'s “Observations” or the “Abstract.”
(3) A revised abridged edition, issued by the War Office. This was prepared by Miss Nightingale and included her “Observations” (pp. 297–344), and a new “Abstract of the Evidence” (pp. 157–297) prepared by her. For the story of these three editions, see Vol. II. pp. [35–38].
(34) Observations on the Evidence contained in the Stational Reports submitted to the Royal Commission on the Sanitary State of the Army in India. By Florence Nightingale. (Reprinted from the Report of the Royal Commission.) London: Edward Stanford, 1863. Octavo, pp. 92, bound in red cloth. Price 2s. 6d.
This is a reprint of the “Observations,” with all the illustrations (see No. 33). The Publisher said in a prefatory note: “On a subject of the highest interest to the country, it appears desirable that Miss Nightingale's views should be placed in the hands of the public, both in England and in India. Those who have Miss Nightingale's other volumes will thus be able to add to them a book which is second to none of them in charm of style, and will promote the reform of the sanitary condition of the British Army, as well as conduce to the wellbeing of the natives of India.”
Extracts from the “Observations” and from “How People may live and not die in India” (No. 41) were printed in the Soldier's Friend, July 1, 1865.
(35) Proposal for Improved Statistics of Surgical Operations. Quarto, pp. 7; dated December 1863.
The proposal had been submitted to the International Statistical Congress held at Berlin in 1863 (see Vol. I. p. [434]). The Paper was included in the third edition of Notes on Hospitals (No. 37).
(36) Note on the Supposed Protection afforded against Venereal Disease by recognizing Prostitution and putting it under Police Regulation. Folio, pp. 8.
Not signed, and headed “Private and Confidential.” Miss N. printed 20 copies only (see Vol. II. p. [75]).
(37) Notes on Hospitals. By Florence Nightingale. Third edition, enlarged and for the most part rewritten. London: Longmans, 1863. Quarto, pp. 187.