Crimean Quotes
- In these days before antiseptics, doctors themselves also suffered high mortality rates. Florence Nightingale, a nurse during the Crimean War (1853-1856), watched one particularly inept… — Sam Kean
- The first time I saw nitroglycerine was in the beginning of the Crimean War. Professor Zinin in St. Petersburg exhibited some to my father and… — Alfred Nobel
- Traditionally the Crimean war has been viewed as the major turning point in the development of Cavours new national policy. — Davis