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 | | In December 1844, in response to a pauper's death in a workhouse infirmary in London that became a public scandal, Nightingale became the leading advocate for improved medical care in the infirmaries and immediately engaged the support of Charles Villiers, then president of the Poor Law Board. |
 | | Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley; Edinburgh Royal Infirmary; Cumberland Infirmary; Liverpool Royal Infirmary as well as at Sydney Hospital, in New South Wales, Australia. |
 | | After the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, Nightingale's work served as an inspiration for nurses in the war, and Union government approached her for advice to organise field medicine. |
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