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The diagnosis that wasn'tLiving in undrained and unhealthy London after the Crimean War it would not be surprising if Florence Nightingale was not in the best of health. She had nearly died from an infection during the war, probably caught from drinking untreated milk. This disease, brucellosis, can produce recurring fevers for years afterwards. But some writers have claimed that it made her neurotic, misrepresenting modern science to revive an Edwardian theory that she was an ineffective nuisance.What’s the name we give to this practice of casting doubt on the mental state of someone who is an inconvenience? Gaslighting. Yes, it happens to dead people too …
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