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"Florence Nightingale and the medical men - working together for health care reform" by Lynn McDonald is a well-researched assessment of Florence Nightingale's collaborations with members of the British medical profession. McDonald's work provides a nuanced understanding of Nightingale's contributions to both civilian and military healthcare, challenging previous historical scholarship and offering correctives to simplistic interpretations. The book explores Nightingale's relationships with military medical officers, her public health collaborations, and her role in mediating the relationship between nursing and medicine. McDonald's analysis of Nightingale's attitudes towards nurse-registration and germ theory is particularly impressive. Overall, the book is a valuable contribution to the fields of nursing and medical history and will be of interest to researchers, students, and anyone interested in Nightingale's work in the medical realm. [Extracted from the article]