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 ; presented by request to the Secretary of State for War.

  • Florence Nightingale
Date:
1858
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Credit: 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 ; presented by request to the Secretary of State for War. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    rAGE« Dn Menzies' view of the case .. .. .. .. 133-135 Kcpresentations made by the Hospital Commissioners 135-139 IV. Kesume of the evidence as to (1) THE Crimea, (2) the Sick Tkansport, (3) the Scutaei Hospitals, in the WINTER OF 1854-1855 Note as to methods of computing mortality ,. Decrease of mortality after sanitary improvements .. Note as to Hospital Kit .. The soldiers came to Scutari with nothing Private supply essential ., Pack store at Scutari V. Further Hospital history; Notice op the First Employment op Female Nurses, of the Employment OF A Corps of Male Nurses, and op the arrival of the Sanitary Commission.. .. .. .. .. 152-163 Duties and employments of the first female nurses .. 155-161 Soldiers' wives .. .. .. .. .. .. 162 Employment of Medical Staff Corps .. .. .. 163 Arrival of Sanitary Commission .. .. .. 163 VI. Some general Conclusions from the Hospital history of 1854, 1855, 1856 164-176 Six evils to be noticed in the Hospital history .. 164, 165 Five deficiencies in the provisions made by the Army Medical Department.. .. .. .. 166 Four expedients adopted during the Crimean War .. 167 Confusion between Medical and Purveying depart- ments .. 168, 169 Want of discipline in Military Hospitals .. .. 170 Want of responsibility in the Apothecary's department 171,172 Want of training of Medical StatF Corps .. .. 172 Want of specialties in the Purveyor's department .. 173-175 V/ant of Economy in dispensing .. .. .. 176 Note on the administration of medicines Vn. Detached Memoranda on the Operation of the Regimental System of Hospital Treatment .. .. 177-199 Exclusively regimental character of our whole Hospi- tal system 177-179 Three defects of the system 179-182 Nine defects in regimental Hospitals. . .. . . 183 Three desiderata for the Army Medical Department 184 Five obstacles to obtaining the same under the present system .. .. .. .. .. 185 140-15] 142-144 144-146 146-151 148 149 151