TY - JOUR T1 - ‘A model for the country’: letters from Florence Nightingale to the architect, Thomas Worthington, on hospitals and other matters 1865–1868 JF - Medical Humanities JO - J Med Humanit SP - 91 LP - 97 DO - 10.1136/medhum-2012-010248 VL - 39 IS - 2 AU - Stella Vera F Butler Y1 - 2013/12/01 UR - http://mh.bmj.com/content/39/2/91.abstract N2 - Between 1865 and 1868 the Manchester architect, Thomas Worthington and Florence Nightingale corresponded about hospital design. Worthington was involved in building hospitals for two Poor Law Unions in Manchester. The designs of both hospitals were based on the ‘pavilion’ principle of which Nightingale became a vocal national champion. Through five letters written by Nightingale to Worthington, the paper explores Nightingale's views focussing on her admiration for the designs, and examines the importance of these commissions for Worthington's career as a hospital architect. ER -