5. Florence Nightingale In 1853 the Crimean War started. In Britain, newspaper reports told of the terrible conditions the wounded soldiers were suffering. Florence was asked to go to Crimea to help the wounded soldiers.
6. Florence Nightingale Florence was based at the Barrack Hospital at Scutari. Thousands of sick and wounded men were at the hospital. There were not enough beds for all the men.
7. Florence Nightingale The hospital was very dirty and smelly and there were rats running around the wards. Men were dying from the diseases that they caught in the hospital.
8. Florence Nightingale When Florence and her nurses first arrived they were not welcomed by the male doctors. The nurses were not allowed to nurse the men. The only thing they were allowed to do was clean the hospital.
9. Florence Nightingale More and more wounded soldiers arrived and the doctors were forced to ask the nurses for their help. The nurses were very disciplined and wore uniforms and a sash which said ‘Scutari Hospital.’
10. Florence Nightingale The nurses fed the soldiers food such as mutton soup. The hospital was now a cleaner and healthier place.
11. Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale used a paper lantern and was known as 'lady with the lamp' because she use to walk around the hospital carrying her lamp.
12. Florence Nightingale This was the medicine chest Florence travelled with. It included essence of ginger and powdered rhubarb.
13. Florence Nightingale This is the shell of Jimmy the Tortoise. He was a pet on one of the wards at Scutari. The shell is now in the Florence Nightingale Museum in London.
14. Florence Nightingale When Florence arrived back in Britain she was a heroine. She had songs written about her and received many awards including one from Queen Victoria.
15. Florence Nightingale Florence continued her good work by writing letters to many important people asking them to make their hospitals better.