Florence Nightingale: The Crimean War: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale, Volume 14

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ............................................................................. vii Dramatis Personae ............................................................................ ix List of Illustrations ............................................................................ x Florence Nightingale: A Précis of Her Life ..................................... xi An Introduction to Volume 14 ......................................................... 1 A Chronology of the Crimean War and Nightingale’s Work .............. 4 Background on the Crimean War ..................................................... 7 Medical Science at the Time of the Crimean War ............................. 16 Investigations of the Crimean War ................................................... 22 Secondary Sources on Nightingale and the Crimean War ................. 32 Key to Editing .................................................................................... 41 Letters from the Crimean War ......................................................... 45 Preparations, Departure and Travel ................................................. 45 1855 ................................................................................................ 102 1856 ................................................................................................ 294 On Return from the Crimean War .................................................. 439 1857-58 ........................................................................................... 474 Nightingale’s Reports on the Crimean War Notes on the Health of the British Army ................................................. 575 ‘‘Answers to Written Questions’’ ...................................................... 889 Promotion and Distribution of the Reports .................................... 975 Epilogue: The Formative Influence of the Crimean War ................... 1048 Bibliography ...................................................................................... 1054 Index .................................................................................................. 1062 / v This page intentionally left blank ...