Year 2: Who was Mary Seacole? What makes her similar/different to Florence Nightingale?
Published 04/12/24
Mary Seacole (Mother Seacole) was a British-Jamaican nurse. She had expert knowledge of herbal remedies, which she had learned from her mother, who was also a nurse. Examples for this include aloe vera for burns, or ginger for nausea/diarrhoea.
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