The barrack hospital at Scutari during the Crimean War, 1854. Artist: Unknown

The barrack hospital at Scutari during the Crimean War, 1854. Artist: Unknown

1-156-170 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

The barrack hospital at Scutari during the Crimean War, 1854. In 1854, during the Crimean War (1853-1856), Sidney Herbert, Secretary of State for War, appointed the English nurse Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), a family friend, to introduce female nurses into the British military hospitals in the Crimea. Until the end of the war she worked tirelessly to improve conditions. From The Illustrated London News. (London, 1854).


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  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
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  1. Florence Nightingale: British: Nurse, founder of trained nursing as a profession for women

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  1. Engraving

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World Europe Ukraine Krym, Avtonomna Respublika Crimea

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World Asia Turkey İstanbul Üsküdar

  1. 41 01 00 N , 029 03 00 E

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3938x2660
File Size : 30,689kb


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  1. 007436
  1. 007436
  1. 0460001821
  1. 1-156-170
  1. 1156170
  1. 1821

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