Mary Seacole gained skills as a “doctress,” a practitioner of traditional medicine, in her younger days. This lively read is her account of her life and travels. Despite the fascinating story, it languished in obscurity—just another Victorian travelogue, perhaps. Some suggest that Seacole’s accomplishments in medicine have in part been overshadowed by her more famous contemporary Florence Nightingale, the Victorian nurse famous for pioneering the modern practice of nursing, and who is encountered at a couple points in Seacole’s book.
After Seacole was widowed, she put her skills to use in this more entrepreneurial phase of her life in and around the Panama. As if..." data-title="Книга Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands">