CHAPTER II

THE EXPEDITION--PROBLEMS AHEAD

Start of the expedition--Failure to obtain Sisters of Charity in Paris--Reception of the expedition in France--Departure from Marseilles. II. Popular enthusiasm in England--Account of Miss Nightingale in the newspapers--Public subscriptions--Other nurses volunteering. III. Miss Nightingale's plans--Importance of her experiment--Difficulties ahead--Military prejudice: Sir Anthony Sterling's letters--Medical jealousy: Sir John Hall's letters --Religious rivalries--Miss Nightingale's policy 162