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Florence Nightingale’s Report on Crimean Medical Fiasco at Bonhams
December 3, 2019
London — Florence Nightingale was so appalled by medical neglect during the Crimean War (1853-1856), that she wrote – and privately printed – a damning report that presented statistics in a pie cha
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