Under the Care of the Japanese

During the Crimean War (1853-56) Sister Ethel McCaul R.R.C. (1867–1931)Florence Nightingale became a popular heroine of medical improvement. but her later campaigns, for improved care for the British Army, were often obstructed. Even as late as the South African War (1899-1902) many major failings remained in Britain's military medical services.' One example of unchanging medical attitudes was the decision of the distinguished surgeon, Frederick Treves, to take only two specialist women nur...