James Paget letters

Florence Nightingale (1920 - 1910) was an English nurse known under the nickname of "Lady with the Lamp" due to her involvement in treating wounded soldiers during the Crimean War. In addition to nursing, she was also a writer and a pioneer in data visualisation, her works focusing on simplifying ways of spreading information, religion, mysticism and women's rights. During her life, she worked on improving British healthcare, advocated for abolishing prostitution laws and helped empower women in the society.

James Paget (1814 - 1899) was a British surgeon and pathologist. He is considered to be a founder of scientific medical pathology. He studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, was a fellow of the Royal Society and named Paget's disease. During his life, he wrote several books, of which the most famous are Lectures on Tumours (1851) and Lectures on Surgical Pathology (1853).