Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War

Abstract

The article presents an overview of the efforts that nurse Florence Nightingale made to improve the sanitary conditions of a military hospital in Scutari, Turkey during the Crimean War and to improve the health and hygiene of British soldiers who were patients at the hospital. A discussion of the impact that Nightingale's work had on efforts to bring attention to the importance of public health is presented. Nightingale's popularity and reputation in Great Britain are discussed.