Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Robin Seeley

  • Scutari Crimean War Hospital

    Annabelle SlingerlandRobin SeeleyThe Netherlands While hospitals are often idealized as peaceful places, Scutari Hospital shatters all such dreams. It became notorious for bare battlefields, turbulent turmoil, traumatized soldiers, officers, governments. But its silver lining was nursing and scientific innovation that resulted in compassionate care with cutting edge technology. Just beyond Crimea, the Black Sea emerges,…