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Male Nurses of the Past
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Who are some famous male nurses in the past?
Male Nurses of the Past
A famous male nurse in history was Walt Whitman (1819-1892), poet and writer, served as a volunteer hospital nurse in Washington, DC during the Civil War. He recorded his experiences in a collection of poems called "DRUMTAPS" and in his diary, "SPECIMEN DAYS and COLLECT."
