The Rose Diagram, Florence Nightingale
Show: The Beauty of Diagrams --> Season: 1 - Season 1
AirDate: 12/9/2010
Runtime: 60
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Overview: A look at Florence Nightingale's use of statistical graphics as a call to action following her experience of caring for soldiers during the Crimean War of 1854-1856. She compiled her findings into a report featuring the Rose Diagram, which explained how 16,000 of the conflict's 18,000 deaths were a result of infectious diseases found in hospitals, and was used to persuade the British government to improve sanitation.