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Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna Romanova, by an anonymous Russian painter. Public domain (according to PDRusEmpire. Available at: www.hillwoodmuseum.org/collection/item/51.117 (accessed: 19.11.2019))
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Surgeon Nikolay I. Pirogov and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna Romanova, née Württemberg, contributed substantially to the emergence of neutral organised care to soldiers during times of war and victims of epidemics. They closely cooperated in organising and training women as nurses to care for the wounded at the battlefront during the Crimean war. Ru...
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... role of Russia and of the surgeon Nikolay Pirogov* in the development of humanitarian aid to the victims of warfare. In this paper we discuss the emergence of neutral organised care to soldiers during times of war. The surgeon Nikolay I. Pirogov ( Fig. 1) and the Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna (Fig. 2), sister-in-law of Tsar Nicholas I and aunt of Tsar Alexander II, contributed largely to this idea. The Crimean War played a pivotal role in this development. This idea of a neutral and well-organized care for the injured and sick during armed conflicts, regardless of rank or nationality, was further developed by medical doctors, ...
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