Excerpt from The Argonaut, Vol. 78: January 1, 1916 Clara Barton became a nurse when she was eleven years of age, taking full charge Of her brother, who had met with a serious and nearly fatal accident. She remained in tire less attendance upon him for two years, never leaving his room except for one - half day. She says l almos't forgot that there was an outside to the house. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.