Why Did Soldiers Only Die on Her Night Shifts?
19th Century

Why Did Soldiers Only Die on Her Night Shifts?

Patients in one specific bed kept dying—but only when one night-shift nurse in London worked, and in 1854 she set out to learn why.

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Victorian EraCrimean WarBritish EmpireNursingMedical HistoryRacismStatisticsWomen's HistoryColonial MedicinePublic Health

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