A half-Jamaican " doctress" who used herbal remedies, Seacole traveled to the Crimea under her own steam and set up a hospital on the peninsula to treat sickened officers.

西克尔是一位有牙买加血统的“医”，使用草药治疗，她独自前往克里米，岛上建立了一家医院，治疗病的军官。