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In September , Mary heard about the Crimean campaign and she was struck with the thought of looking after the troops she had known in Jamaica. She travelled to the Crimea and set up her own business, the British Hotel, which was a general store and also a place where soldiers could come to be nursed.

She also rode out to the battlefield to nurse soldiers and would perform operations. She was affectionately known by the troops as Mother Seacole, because of the care she gave them. After returning to London after the war Mary wrote her autobiography The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands, which was published in and is still in print today.

She died in and was buried in the Catholic Cemetery at Kensal Rise. Their marriage was cut short when he died soon after and this tragedy was followed by the death of her mother. In cholera swept Jamaica. Mary closely observed its symptoms and carefully noted how a doctor treated it. The Cure for cholera Later in , while Mary Seacole was visiting her brother in Panama one of his friends fell sick and died. Mary was able to diagnose the cause of death as cholera, and she began to treat the first of many cholera patients.

When she left Panama a party was held in her honour. In both, she also ran businesses. In Mary Seacole arrived in London. Like Florence Nightingale, she wanted to help out in the Crimean War. The British Government would not take her on as a hospital nurse there — some say they rejected her because of her colour.

Others report that she applied too late — after the nurses had already set off to Crimea. Mary Seacole did not forget her nursing ambitions though. She also made several visits to the Crimean battlefields to help and nurse the soldiers there. By the time the Crimean War ended in Mary Seacole had lost all her money and she returned to London penniless. People took her to their hearts — they saw her as another good and kind Crimea celebrity like Florence Nightingale.

She introduced modern notions and standards of nursing; she reduced the death rate of wounded soldiers in the Crimean War and she founded a professional school of nursing. Florence Nightingale, however, came from a well off background with many influential friends, which made it easier for her to make things happen. Mary Seacole also shines as an amazing life force and role model in her own time and today too.

Natasha McEnroe Published in 03 Sep Popular articles. Missions and Misunderstandings. Methods and results: The article focuses on the claims for Seacole made by C. Short in Scottish Medical Journal, It reports, using primary sources, on what Seacole actually did--running a business for officers, with kind acts on the side--short of constituting heroism, pioneering health care or nursing.