Assertion: nightingale | /r/CapableOf | reduce the death rate
Facets:
value: by calling for the sanitary commission
type: MANNER
value: from 42% to 2%
type: OTHER
value: by making improvements in hygiene
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Stephen Paget in the Dictionary of National Biography asserted that Nightingale reduced the death rate from 42% to 2%, either by making improvements in hygiene herself, or by calling for the Sanitary Commission.