Short Suck 65: The Lady With the Lamp: Florence Nightingale’s War on Death

Timesuck with Dan Cummins by Dan Cummins

Sep 11, 202600:51:21Comedy

Florence Nightingale didn’t just become the world’s most famous nurse - she helped revolutionize modern medicine, battling horrific hospital conditions, deadly disease, entrenched sexism, and staggering institutional inc...

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