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Gulten Dinc1, Sait Naderi, Yücel Kanpolat
1Department of Deontology and History of Medicine, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Abstract:
The Ottoman-Russian war of 1853 to 1855 was significant not only as a war, but also in response to a reflex from the West brought with itself novel approaches related to care of patients under severe health conditions. Florence Nightingale and her associates assigned at that time to care for soldiers in Istanbul who were severely ailing as a result of battle conditions were instrumental in the emergence of a hitherto unknown profession. This article examines the progress of events in the London-Istanbul axis that led to this development.
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