title: In the shadows of nursing history.
abstract: Often overshadowed in the history books by Florence Nightingale, the Irish Sisters of Mercy established, more than 150 years ago, a system of "careful nursing" and played a key role in ministering to the needs of sick and dying soldiers during the Crimean War.
authors.affiliation: University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Belfield, Ireland.
authors.forename: Therese C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Meehan
mesh_terms: D047849:Crimean War; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D008888:Military Nursing / Q000266:history*; D014455:Ukraine