Tag: Victorian

Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates – her novels highlight the fragility of today's public health

Modern medicine has allowed residents of rich industrialized nations to forget that children once routinely ...

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Florence Nightingale broke the boundaries set for real Victorian women – and brought modern science and statistics to nursing

For almost 200 years, Florence's name has been Nightingale Synonymous with gentle compassion and mercy. ...

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