Florence Nightingale Comes Home Online Resources

Plan of a regimental hospital, from Hospital Statistics and Hospital Plans by Florence Nightingale, 1862, p7

Plan No. X' in Florence Nightingale, Notes on Hospitals, 1859. Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Embedded on page: http://www.florencenightingale.org/florence-nightingale-in-derbyshire/2010-exhibition/3-health-and-hospitals.aspx

St Thomas' Hospital as it looked in 1860, the year it became the site of the Nightingale School, the first secular nursing training school in the UK. Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons licence CC-BY-4.0 Embedded on page: http://www.florencenightingale.org/florence-nightingale-in-derbyshire/2010-exhibition/3-health-and-hospitals.aspx

(3) Health and Hospitals: webpage detailing Florence Nightingale's development in and approach to nursing. Adapted from the Florence Nightingale Derbyshire Association's 2010 Exhibition.

Article: Florence Nightingale: 200 Years Since Her Birth and We Are Still Making the Same Errors With Data

Modern example of a polar area chart - number of animals rescued by the London Fire Brigade, by Kaylea Haynes 29.6.21

Diagrams showing loss of strength in the army p43

Line graph comparing mortality of the army at home and the English male population p35

Diagram and data comparing density of population, army quarters more densely populated than London p31, p54

Diagram showing numbers living and dead aged 20-40

Diagram showing more dying from disease than wounds p52

Diagram representing the mortality in the hospitals p109

Diagram of the Causes of Mortality in the Army in the East, from Notes on matters affecting the health, efficiency, and hospital administration of the British Army : founded chiefly on the experience of the late war / by Florence Nightingale Embedded on page: http://www.florencenightingale.org/florence-nightingale-in-derbyshire/2010-exhibition/6-legend-and-legacy.aspx

Nightingale's "Diagram of the causes of mortality in the army in the East", published in Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency, and Hospital Administration of the British Army (1858). Public domain / wikimedia commons. Embedded on page: http://www.florencenightingale.org/abouttheproject/about-the-project.aspx

Nightingale and Big Data: Florence Nightingale on big data. It's not as random as it sounds. Statistician David Spiegelhalter looks at a little-known side to her. BBC video (04:10)

Newspaper article 'Dear Miss Nightingale' 4.11.1954

(4) The Crimea: webpage providing an overview of Florence Nightingale's work in the Crimean War, including background information about the war itself. Adapted from the Florence Nightingale Derbyshire Association's 2010 Exhibition.

Plan of Scutari barracks and hospitals p87

Letter from the War Office asking FN's opinion on the requirements of the army, p6, Notes on matters affecting the health, efficiency and hospital administrations of the British Army: founded chiefly on the experience of the late war, by Florence Nightingale (London: Harrison and sons, 1858)

Ann Milne - a Nottingham Army Wife who Nursed in the Crimean War. Blog post discussing the Crimean War experience of a woman from Nottingham, including a photograph of her obituary Part of https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/florencenightingale/

A blog post about the lives of nurses during the Crimean War, based on National Archive research Part of https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/florencenightingale/

Description of Crimea War from soldiers perspectives by The Die Hard Company (re-enactments)

How to dress like a Victorian Soldier from English Heritage

A British Surgeon in the Crimean War (Edward Wrench), discussion of medical services. Various quotes by surgeon Edward Wrench

A blog post about Edward Wrench, an army doctor in the Crimean War, based on research using the Wrench Archive held by the University of Nottingham's Manuscripts and Special Collections. Part of https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/florencenightingale/

Crimean War Photographs, c1855 Digital Gallery, containing 37 photographs of the Crimea, taken around September 1855 after the fall of Sevastopol. Linked from: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/exhibitions/online/florence-nightingale/index.aspx#crimean

Barracks at Scutari - the British Hospital', wood engraving, first printed in the Illustrated London News, 1855. Wellcome Collection, Creative Commons licence CC BY 4.0. Embedded on page: http://www.florencenightingale.org/florence-nightingale-in-derbyshire/2010-exhibition/4-the-crimea.aspx

Letters from the 5th Duke of Newcastle: a selection of letters written by the Secretary of State for War at the beginning of the Crimean Conflict. Linked from: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/exhibitions/online/florence-nightingale/index.aspx#turn

Virtual Crimean War Scrapbook: a digital scrapbook of documents, images, letters and newspaper articles compiled by Florence's sister, Parthenope. (use zoom and move tools to read items) Linked from: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/exhibitions/online/florence-nightingale/index.aspx#turn

Florence's medicine chest used in the Crimea