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Theodor Fliedner

German clergyman

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contribution to Christian health care

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    In Christianity: Care for the sick

    She was an inspiration to Theodor Fliedner, who founded the first Protestant hospital in Kaiserswerth in 1836 and created at the same time the female diaconate, an order of nurses that soon found worldwide membership and recognition. Florence Nightingale received training at Kaiserswerth, which was an important model for modern…

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