How effective was the work of Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole? Flashcards
(27 cards)
What alerted people in Britain to the plight of the wounded, the inadequate medical provision of the army and the work of volunteers?
Newspaper reports and stories from returning soldiers
What was Florence Nightingaleâs upbringing like?
Born in 1820, second daughter of a wealthy family. Well educated but expected to marry and settle down to a quiet upper-middle-class life. Instead she went to Germany to train as a nurse
What did Florence Nightingaleâs do in 1853?
She took up a senior nursing position in a London clinic in 1853
What reported on the poor quality of medical care for wounded and sick soldiers from the beginning of the Crimean campaign?
The Times newspaper
What did the ministry of war, Sidney Herbert, decide to do around October 1854?
Decided to send a team of volunteer nurses to the Crimea and asked Florence Nightingale to lead it, set sail with 38 nurses in October 1854
Where were Nightingale and her team based?
at a hospital at Scutari in the outskirts of Constantinople (Istanbul)
What was the priority of the army?
Itâs fighting men not the wounded
What demonstrated that the priority of the army was its fighting men and not the wounded?
Raglan had limited medical staff as space was needed for fighting soldiers and horses. Medical supplies had low priority
In which way was the staffing of medical services unsatisfactory?
Army veterans drafted in as stretcher-bearers and nursing orderlies and were often ill-suited for the work. Many became sick. The Scutari âhospitalâ had originally been barracks for the Turks.
How did the doctors take Nightingales and her nurses arrival?
as an implied criticism and Nightingale faced resentment
What did Florence Nightingale and her nurses do after arriving at Scutari?
Reorganised the kitchen and improved food. Cleaned wards and provided clean, washed bedlinen. Arranged school room and library. Sent those with minor wounds to grow vegetables.
What happened in British government in early 1855 that indirectly affected Nightingales work?
They were defeated in a parliamentary vote of the conduct of war and Palmerston succeeded Aberdeen, Nightingales ally Herbert out of office but Palmerston was a supporter
Who ordered a Sanitary Commission to the Crimea?
The new war minister Panmure
Which commissioners began work in March 1855 by expressing shock at conditions at Scutari?
John McNeill, doctor and diplomat
Colonel Alexander Tulloch, a soldier
What did Nurses and doctors blame sickness on?
Miasma, bad air
What was Nightingale frequently at odds with?
Nurses, especially independent minded ones like Elizabeth Davis who went to Balaklava against her wishes
What happened when nightingale went to Balaklava in May 1855?
She became seriously ill and was visited on her sick-bed by Raglan, recovered and returned to Scuprutafu
What happened with Nightingale in September 1855?
Was back in the Crimea when a row broke in Britain after Bracebridge made a public attack on the Crimean military department and army doctors mistakenly blamed Nightingale
What did the McNeill and Tulloch Report show ?
Confirmed much of what Nightingale claimed about army failings.
What was Nightingaleâs legacy like?
âAngel of the Crimeaâ, campaigning for reforms to army medical services and became a role model for Victorian women
What was Mary Seacoles background like?
Born Mary Grant in Jamaica 1805, daughter of a Scottish army officer and her mother a Jamaican local healer. Married Edwin Seacole until his death in 184.
What hindered Mary Seacole?
Her mixed heritage, lack of nursing qualifications and not knowing anyone of influence in London
When was Seacole and Dayâs British Hotel set up and what as it like?
Spring 1855, part hotel, part store, part clinic.
Why was the âBritish Hotelâ so popular with officers and soldiers?
The prospect of better food and the chance to buy warm clothes and shoes.
