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Florence Nightingale and Her Geeks Declare War on Death

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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Nightingale's Scutari Hospital

Florence Nightingale arrived in Scutari during the Crimean War. She was appalled by the conditions and shambolic organization of the hospital. After each man died, he'd be stitched up in his own blanket and carried to a mass grave. The heating system didn't work and there was no clean water.

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