CHAPTER IV

THE EXPERT'S TOUCH

The Battle of Balaclava. Miss Nightingale's reception at Scutari: letter from Lord Raglan--Difficulties with the doctors--Miss Nightingale at work in the wards--Difficulties with the nurses. II. Dispatch of a second party of nurses under Miss Stanley, accompanied by Mr. Jocelyne Percy--Miss Nightingale's indignant surprise--Mr. Herbert's promise not to send out more nurses except at her requisition--Danger of ruining the experiment--Medical opposition--Aggravation of the religious difficulty--Arrangements for placing the Stanley party--Significance of the episode in relation to the novelty of the experiment. III. Deficiency of requisites in the hospitals--Miss Nightingale's appeal to the British Ambassador--Her washing reforms--Her "Extra Diet" Kitchens --Alexis Soyer--Sorry plight of the camp-followers--Establishment of a lying-in hospital--Dr. Andrew Smith and the female eye 181