Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Florence Nightingale

  • Florence Nightingale, The Lady with the Lamp

    For generations, Florence Nightingale has been known as the Saintly Angel of Mercy or the Lady with the Lamp, and her story has been told many times. She arrived in Scutari in November of 1854 with thirty-eight women volunteers, sent by her close friend, the war secretary, Sydney Herbert, to reform the army hospitals in…

  • The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

    Elie MatarSydney, Australia When His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and second son of Queen Victoria, landed on the shores of Sydney on January 21, 1868, he was received with thunderous ovation from the thousands gathered to witness the arrival of the first member of the Royal family to Australia. In light of…

  • Medical evolutions in the Crimean War, a comparison between Britain and Russia

    Dylan Chan Kai DerIsabella Eleanor Nubari Singapore “The butcher’s bill for the Crimean War of 1853-1856 will never be known exactly, but it probably amounted to over 1 million deaths…”—Robert Breckenridge Edgerton, Death Or Glory: The Legacy of the Crimean War1 In the Crimean War disease killed four times as many soldiers as battle wounds,2 resulting…