Culture corner four, exercise three, page 77.0:00
Florence Nightingale the Lady with the Lamp Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 to a rich family.0:11
Her parents expected her to marry and have a family.0:35
But Florence did not want a meaningless life.0:38
She wanted to help the sick and the poor.0:42
Eventually, she persuaded her father to let her become a nurse.0:45
In 1854, England, France and Turkey went to war against Russia.0:50
Reports began to reach England of the terrible conditions soldiers were suffering in the army hospitals.0:58
Florence volunteered to go and help.1:04
When she arrived, she found thousands of ill and wounded soldiers living in filthy conditions.1:07
The hospitals were crowded and unventilated.1:14
Soldiers lay without proper food, bedding and clothing.1:17
There was a lack of basic medical supplies like bandages and medicine.1:21
Rats and sewage filled the hospital corridors.1:26
Soldiers were dying in the thousands, not from their wounds, but from the unsanitary conditions.1:30
Florence cleaned up the hospital, made sure the men were fed properly and saw that supplies were available.1:36
She worked almost around the clock looking after the soldiers.1:43
Florence soon became known as the lady with the Lamp for her dedication to caring for her patients.1:48
News of her hard work in Crimea filtered back to London.1:54
She became a celebrity.1:58
By the time she arrived back in London, she was the most famous person in Britain after Queen Victoria.2:01
After the war, Florence continued to work to improve conditions in hospitals.2:08
She even established a school for nursing and wrote an influential book on the profession.2:13
She also became an important consultant on health issues.2:18
In fact, it was her work after the war that changed medical care forever.2:23
In her later years, Florence suffered from ill health.2:28
She died in 1910 at the age of 90.2:32
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