I t is a gender read ing of F lorence N ight ingale 's ma in work, "Notes on N u rs ing : what is and what isn 't" , a book which brings together the pr inc ip les and essential e lements of modern n u rs ing , professional ized i n England i n the second ha lf of the X IX centu ry and the way the profession was constituted i n Brazi l , as expl icited i n the work of Glete de Alcantara : "Mode...