Beyond Nightingale

Carol Helmstadter is a retired neurosurgical nurse who holds degrees in both history and nursing. She was Government Relations Officer for Ontario Nurses Association and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Graduate Department of the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto

• Introduction1 The Wider Context of Military Nursing in 1854Section I: Government imposed nursing2 British Military Nursing in 18543 Nightingale’s Nursing TeamSection II: Sisterhood nursing4 Mother Francis Bridgeman and her Nursing System5 Mother Mary Clare Moore and the Anglican Sisters6 The Daughters of Charity in the French Hospitals7 The Daughters and Catastrophe in the French Medical Department Section III: Doctor directed nursing8 Ottoman Nursing Contrasted with Nursing in the Naval Hospital in Therapia 9 Nursing in the British Civilian Hospitals in Smyrna and Renkioi10 The Russian Sisters of the Exaltation of the Cross11 The Russian Sisters under Severe PressureConclusionBibliographyIndex

'As with all Helmstadter’s work, this book is written in accessible language but is supported by exemplary scholarship and has much to recommend it to those interested in this subject.'The UK Association for the History of Nursing'[…] an outstandingly trenchant analysis of the topic, and a highly revealing window into the world of battlefield nursing on the cusp of its modern iteration. For historians of nursing and medicine, as well as for those interested in Victorian (women's) history - not to mention the perpetually fascinating character of Florence Nightingale herself - this book is required reading and represents the most up to date work extant in the field.'Anglican and Episcopal History Beyond Nightingale is exhaustively researched, based on an impressive collection of primary sources. She introduces us to new areas of research relating to non-Nightingale nursing in the Crimean War, which stand comparison with Nightingale’s own approach…this is a great addition to Manchester University Press’s series on Nursing History and the Humanities. It is a must for anyone interested in early history of nursing, history of military nursing, and history of the Crimean War.Bulletin of the History of Medicine