Two letters from Florence Nightingale at Balaclava during the Crimean War to Staff Surgeon G.S. Beatson, with notes of Beatson's replies

Date:: 1855-1856

Reference:: RAMC/902

Part of:: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection

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- Two letters from Florence Nightingale at Balaclava during the Crimean War to Staff Surgeon G.S. Beatson, with notes of Beatson's repliesRAMC/902

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Two letters from Florence Nightingale at Balaclava during the Crimean War to Staff Surgeon G.S. Beatson, with notes of Beatson's replies. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Comprises letter re outbreak of cholera at Scutari, 20 November 1855 (Uskudar, Turkey) (RAMC/902/1); letter re accommodation for the Sisters of Mercy at Balaclava, 14 April 1856 (RAMC/902/2).

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1855-1856

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Piece-level data moved to item record and piece records flagged for deletion in Sep 2025 by GO.

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