British medical journal . siliaire, No. 160 (Uniondes Femmes de France). Nominally staffed purely byEnglish people, its personnel is, in effect, mixed in tliematter of nationality, and equally mixed in the samerespect are the occupants of its eighty beds. By wayof evidence of this I send a couple of snapshots of abedside scene. The figure in nursing uniform at thehead of the bed is that of a French lady, the figure atthe foot that of an English trained nurse; the figures oneach side of the bed are in one picture English, in theother French; one patient is an Algerian Turco, the other |a Highla
British medical journal . siliaire, No. 160 (Uniondes Femmes de France). Nominally staffed purely byEnglish people, its personnel is, in effect, mixed in tliematter of nationality, and equally mixed in the samerespect are the occupants of its eighty beds. By wayof evidence of this I send a couple of snapshots of abedside scene. The figure in nursing uniform at thehead of the bed is that of a French lady, the figure atthe foot that of an English trained nurse; the figures oneach side of the bed are in one picture English, in theother French; one patient is an Algerian Turco, the other |a Highland piper. The building occupied is the groundfloor of one of the newest and vastest of Parisiancaravansaries; this, thanks to the width of the corridors,the excellent sanitary arrangements of the cloak rooms,and the size of the various reception rooms, lends itselfvery well to hospital work. Between two of thelargest rooms there is a balcony broader tlxau that of Oct. i: 1014] THE V/AK : MEDICAL MATTERS IN FBANC]: t>s^. any sauatorinm I have ever seen, aud the highlydecorated -walls and ceilings of the lu-incipal wardspresent a curious contrast to the Iiospital bedsplaced against them. The cloak room used for a tlieatrolends itself so well to its present purpose that one couldalmost imagine that it had been built to meet it. Thesame might be said of the radiography annexe and photo-graphic dark enough,one of the firstpatients ad)iiittedwas a man whohad helped to gildone of the a semi-torpidcondition ?« heu hoarrived, he wasmuch puzzled oncoming to himselfto account forfinding himself ina room which hadrecently been sofamilia,r to him inquite another con-nexion. This hos-pital is being pro-visioned by thebranch of theFrench Ecd CrossSociety underwhose aegis itworks, but itslavish equipmentwas provided by Dr. Kirby, who still furnishes the fimds required to meetthe entailed by its maintenance. The undertakingwas organized ou his behalf by Dr
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