Later they jointly set up one of London's only two private nursing homes where they assisted the originator of antiseptic surgery Joseph Lister in many operations.

They also wrote a brief history of wartime nursing as a series of papers in the St. James's Magazine, reprinted in book form in 1872 with the title Under the Red Cross.

The last two chapters document a multitude of failings[1] in Colonel Loyd-Lindsay's chairmanship of the National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War (precursor to the British Red Cross).

The latter, available as an eBook,[5] is dedicated to "the dear friend, 'tender and true,' who shared hardship and danger by my side, Louisa E. McLaughlin, in loving remembrance of 1870."

Emma's work often appeared in the St James's Magazine and in Temple Bar, both literary periodicals with eminent contributors such as Anthony Trollope.