The most famous nurse in the world history must be Nightingale. She was born in Florence Italy on May 12, 1820, so her given name is Florence.
To commemorate her today is World Nursing Day, Nightingale Day, and International Nurses Day in the world and kango no hi (看護の日), Day of Nursing in Japan.
Day of Nursing was established in 1991 by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (now) and Nihon kango kyokai (日本看護協会), Japan Nursing Association.
International Nurses Day was established in 1965 by International Council of Nurses. Nightingale Day was established by the Red Cross.
Today I happened to find the memorial stamps of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the idea of the Red Cross issued on May 8, this year. One sheet of 10 stamps (2 designs) costs yen 800, but one sheet with a hard stamp book costs yen 1,500.
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