And at that point in time‚ there were no female nurses working at the hospitals in Crimea. The horrible reputation of nurses thus far‚ led to war officials avoiding to hire more. In late 1854‚ Nightingale received a letter from the Secretary of War‚ asking her to get together a group of nurses to help the ill and fallen soldiers in Crimea. She quickly got together a team of 34 nurses and went with them to Crimea just a few days
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Gentlewomen’. ∗ There was no pay‚ but Mr Nightingale gave her money ∗ She made lots of useful changes in the hospital. ∗ At home‚ when her father and sister became ill‚ Florence nursed them. The Crimea War ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ 1854‚ the Crimean war broke out. Britain‚ France and Turkey went to war against Russia The Crimea was part of Russia so Britain went to the war in ships People back home in England read about the war in the newspaper The reporter‚ Howard Russell‚ for the times wrote about the hunger and
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at that time‚ nursing was not seen as a respectable profession. Despite her parents disapproval‚ Florence went ahead and trained to be a nurse. In 1853‚ the Crimea war broke out.The war was too terrifying that many soldiers were wounded and dying without proper first aids. Later in 1855‚ Florence Nightingale was asked to travel to the Crimea and organise a group of nurses. Many of the initial applicants were unsuitable and Florence was strict in selecting and training the other nurses. Florence was
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Misconceptions grew as America was evidently fearful. The United States encountered cholera against all odds and many wanted answers as to why. In an attempt to safeguard America‚ the Metropolitan Health Board was erected‚ which concluded cholera could be prevented‚ not through prayer but through disinfection and quarantine as John Snow suggested. John Snow said boiling drinking water‚ disinfecting clothes and bedding were imperative measures to be taken to ward of cholera. Physicians had tried to
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who the real ‘Angel of Mercy’ was and also how the work Nightingale did was minimal and had no positive effect on the soldiers. The author has clearly been well informed and has a strong agenda in wanting to play down the role of Nightingale in the Crimea. When comparing this to Source O‚ we can clearly see the difference between the Jingoistic and Traditionalist view of Nightingale being almost angelic and even like the Virgin Mary compared to the revisionist view where she is criticised hugely. Source
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What medical services were available in the Crimea? The medical knowledge of the time were limited which reflected on the medical services that were available in the Crimea to help the sick and wounded soldiers. How were the medical services organised? * 1853‚ the Army Medical Department + the Ordnance Medical Department were moved under Dr Andrew Smith. * Had not been done before as the Duke of Wellington had opposed reform of the medical system. * Andrew Smith had to create a
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How far do the sources suggest that Mary Seacole ‘was a great help to the men in the Crimea’? Mary Seacole is praised in both sources 1 and 2‚ but in source 3 it seems that Nightingale disagrees in terms of her method of helping the men‚ although ‘she did some good.’ Source 1 and 2 both agree that ‘she was a great help’ but for different reasons. Source 1 is agreeing to this mainly because of the fact that it is written by Sir John Hall who I Head of the Army Medical Services and we know that
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a big role in the Crimean Crisis as Putin “committed to preserving Russia’s territorial integrity” (McFaul). The Crimean Crisis first started when the president of Ukraine wanted to develop closer economic ties with Russia. This caused tension in Crimea as pro-Russian and pro-Western Ukrainians started to
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The Falklands War was a small 10-week war between Argentina and the United Kingdom over two British oversee territories that were in close proximity to Argentina. On April 2‚ 1982‚ Argentina invaded and began to occupy the territory in an attempt to establish sovereignty as it had claimed the islands as theirs. Three days later‚ Margaret Thatcher sent a British naval force to engage the Argentina military. The British claimed that the territory belong to them since colonization of the islands in
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150 disputes under way that involve territory‚ mostly in Africa‚ Asia‚ and the Pacific region‚ but also in Europe and the Americas. Some disputes are on the distant horizon (Antarctica)‚ some are long-simmering (Jammu and Kashmir)‚ and others—like Crimea—are at their boiling point. In this assignment I will going to explain different case studies‚ which includes certain types of disputes like border disputes which are notoriously difficult to resolve. International law does not contain a clear‚ prioritized
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