Eras & Topics
This video covers: An introduction to Joseph William Bazalgette and the time in which he grew up.
This video covers: Bazalgette's life before beginning work on the London sewers.
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This video covers: Bazalgette's appointment as Chief Engineer with the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers and the beginning of the...
This video covers: The opposition Bazalgette faced in getting started with the project and the great stink.
This video covers: The work on the sewers, one of the biggest civil engineering projects ever undertaken at the time.
This video covers: The final part of Bazalgette's story and his contribution to revolutionise public health in Victorian Britain.
This video covers: Takes a look at Florence Nightingale's early life, her character and what she felt it was like to be born in an...
This video covers: The initial training Florence undertook to become a nurse and the first hospital she worked in.
This video covers: Florence explains why she recruited a team of nurses and travelling out to the Crimea.
This video covers: Florence Nightingale's arrival at Scutari Hospital and what she did there.
This video covers: A description of the time Florence Nightingale spent at Scutari and the practices she introduced.
This video covers: Florence's life after the Crimea War, the report she published on her experiences there and the establishment of...
This video covers: Introduction into the life of Mary Seacole, her family and her early years.
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This video covers: The early life of Mary Seacole, and her first experience of treating cholera victims in Panama.
This video covers: Mary Seacole's travels and her decision to volunteer as a nurse in the Crimea.
This video covers: Mary Seacole travel to and arrival in the Crimea.
This video covers: How Mary Seacole built the British Hotel at Kadikoi in the Crimea to tend to the needs of sick and convalescing...
This video covers: An overview of Mary Seacole's life and work in the Crimea.
This video covers: Life for Mary Seacole when the Crimea War ended in 1856 and her return to London.
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This video covers: An introduction to John Snow, who he is and his thoughts on Cholera