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Stephen Paget in the Dictionary of National Biography asserted that Nightingale reduced the death rate from 42% to 2%, either by making improvements in hygiene herself, or by calling for the Sanitary Commission. [27] For example, Nightingale implemented handwashing in the hospital where she worked. [28] Florence Nightingale, an angel of mercy.
Statistical diagram created by Florence Nightingale detailing cause of death in the British army in The Crimean War. Though Nightingale first believed bad air was the cause of disease, she used the term "germ" in her contribution to Dr. Richard Quain's medical dictionary which was published in 1883: [17] [18]
Nightingale organized the cleaning of the entire hospital, ordered supplies, and implemented hygienic procedures such as hand washing to prevent the spread of infection. Some credit Nightingale with significantly reducing the death rate at the hospital, on account of her advocacy for proper supplies and sanitary procedures.
In Florence Nightingale's Notes on Nursing, she states "there are many physical operations where ceteris paribus (all else being equal) the danger is in a direct ratio to the time the operation lasts; and ceteris paribus the operator's success will be in direct ratio to his quickness." [16] [17] [b] Gordon described the scene thus:
Over the next three days, 127 people on or near Broad Street died. During the next week, three quarters of the residents had fled the area. By 10 September, more than 500 people had died and the mortality rate was 12.8 per thousand inhabitants in some parts of the city. [9] By the end of the outbreak, 616 people had died. [10]
The letter by Florence Nightingale (Andrew Matthews/PA) “It is a remarkable find and is completely unspoiled, despite spending the last 140 years in an old scrapbook which belonged to the famed ...
The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag.
Una and Her Paupers Florence Nightingale & Anon, Diggory Press ISBN 978-1-905363-22-3; Agnes Jones Felicity McCall Guildhall Press ISBN 0-946451-96-6 [1] Cope, Zachary. Six Disciples of Florence Nightingale. London: Pitman Medical 1961:1-12. Jones, Agnes Elizabeth. The Gospel Promises shown in Isaiah I to VI. London: James Nisbet 1875. McDonald ...