CHAPTER IX

TO THE CRIMEA--ILLNESS (MAY-AUGUST 1855)

Siege of Sebastopol. The hospitals in the Crimea--Miss Nightingale's authority there not explicitly defined--Her arrival at Balaclava. II. Visit to the front--Sir John McNeill. III. Work in the hospitals--Attacked by "Crimean fever"--Anxiety in England and in the hospitals--Visit from Lord Raglan. IV. Miss Nightingale advised to return to England--Her refusal--Return to Scutari-- Gradual recovery--"The heroic dead" 254