Famous Hypochondriacs: Florence Nightangale

Florence Nightingale: Florence Nightingale’s tireless battle against death and disease during the Crimean War rendered her one of history’s most famous hypochondriacs. In 1857, the year after she returned from the Crimea, she took to her bed convinced that her life was hanging by a thread which could snap at any moment. It eventually did – in 1910 when the founder of modern nursing was ninety years old.