Crimean War

The image encapsulated the notions of war under sensationalist ideals. This is not to say Fenton took the image only for money. Fenton took the image to showcase the grimier side to military life. The image just happened to be placed in the supervision of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria’s supervision. What other way did the United Kingdom have to show interest, even in the bleakest time of difficulty? Royal addresses only went to maintain interest in war so far. Newspapers wrote what was…

Florence Nightingale pushed the government to make changes to better soldiers health in hospitals. Not only did she push for this reform during the Crimean War, but after too. Nightingale became well known for her work in helping sick and wounded soldiers in the war. How she essentially founded nursing and set an example for the rest of the years to follow. She spent her nights caring for soldiers, giving her the name “Lady with a Lamp.” Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy on the night of…

Florence Nightingale was born May 12th, 1820 and died August 13th, 1910, during that time she accomplished many feats that shaped the field of nursing today. She reduced death rates during war by thousands, improved sanitary conditions in hospitals, overall health care reform and implemented a formal school for nursing. As a child Florence lived in Italy, she was the younger of two children. At a young age she was interested in philanthropy, ministering the ill and the poor people in the small…

This began the Crimean War.5 The British Empire was against the Russians for the control of the Ottoman Empire.7 The British and French troops invaded Crimea on September 14th, 1854. The Battle of Alma was fought six days later.4 In 1854, I received a letter from the Secretary of War, Sidney Herbert, to create a group of nurses to help those injured in the war. My group consisted of thirty four other women.7 I was sent to nurse in Scutari, Turkey and the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine.4 The…

Nightingale was one if not the most influential persons in medical history. In 1854 during the Crimean war the conditions of the hospitals and medical facilities were horrid. There was a very high death rate among the soldiers in the Crimean war. During the nights she was nurse to the wounded soldiers, therefore dubbing her the "lady with the lamp". She recognized that many of the deaths in the Crimean war was due to the horrid conditions of and in the medical facilities. She began a crusade to…

After the defeat of Napoleon I, the Allies needed to redraw the map of Europe. This plan was drawn in the Treaty of Vienna in 1815 which created a new balance of power. For example, the Allies reduced France to her prewar borders and she had given up territories which was conquered by Napoleon I. Moreover, the Allies strengthened the states bordering France as a barrier against the renewal of French aggression. The settlement of 1815 undertaken by the Allies was harsh to France and the…

During the 1800s if you were admitted to the hospital, you had barley a 50% chance of surviving. A majority of the time you went into the hospital with a minor illness and died as a result of an infection that you contracted while you were in the hospital. Hospitals were run in unsanitary conditions and usually placed in areas of cities or towns that were unhealthy. Diseases and infections contracted at hospitals were often the result of poor unsanitary conditions in the hospital. Rats, mice and…

combination of various military, social and political factors also contributed to the decision of Alexander II to emancipate the serfs. There were many military-related reasons which would incentivise the emancipation of serfs, especially following the Crimean War which led people to believe that reform was necessary. During…

Aside from the successful unifications of Italy and Germany, many other countries were also undergoing change to become better, successful, and more dominant. Mainly, there were three countries that had experienced reforms or changes. One of these countries or nations, was the Austrian Empire. As the only lasting result of the revolution of 1848 was the emancipation, which freed the serfs; the Austrian Empire was in need of economic and social change. However, this change brought about an urban…

Florence was born into an upper class family, but she felt calling from God to help. With that calling Florence wanted to train to become a nurse, and after some convincing to her parents in 1851 she went to Germany to train as a nurse. In 1854 the Crimean War began and that is when Florence began to really shine. Florence began her work in military hospitals and taking care of injured soldiers, and teaching other nurses the importance of cleanliness. (BBC, 2014) There are a total of six…