Words in italics are marked with _underscores_. Words in small capitals
are shown in UPPER CASE.
There are three parts to this book, each starting with page 1. The
first and last parts are marked “PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.”, these
words were underlined in the original.
Footnotes have been moved to the end of each part.
Variant spelling and inconsistent hyphenation are retained, a few
palpable printing errors have been corrected.
The key for the plan of the Lariboisière Hospital was originally
handwritten. No changes have been made to this for missing or irregular
use of accents or cedillas.
The tables of numbers of nurses near the end of the book were
originally printed in landscape, with some sideways printing. The
columns and rows have been swapped to make these tables easier to read
on small screens.