Lee Brasseur’s article, “Florence Nightingale’s Visual Rhetoric in the Rose Diagrams” offers an extensive rhetorical analysis of the work of Florence Nightingale. In addition it gives an insight of early information design. The author writes the article from the perspective of technical communicator who wants to inform the reader of the characteristics and purpose of the practice of information design. The article focuses on the analysis of Nightingale successful visual and verbal rhetorical approaches, how the work of Nightingale influenced early information design, and examples of information design. Lee Brasseur asserts that Nightingale “allowed both the diagrams and their verbal explanations to work together to create an appeal that went
