. Our army nurses : interesting sketches and photographs of over one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our late Civil War, 1861-65 . hed and fedthe patients, etc. Doctor Ivnowles did not likewomen, and although the surgeon in charge putme there, he did not use me very well for a he soon trusted me to give medicine and see toeverything, and made me sit up nights, because hewould not trust the male nurses. This was too hardfor me, and the surgeon changed me to Ward 1 ofsurgical cases. Autand was the name of the Frenchsurgeon who had charge of
. Our army nurses : interesting sketches and photographs of over one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our late Civil War, 1861-65 . hed and fedthe patients, etc. Doctor Ivnowles did not likewomen, and although the surgeon in charge putme there, he did not use me very well for a he soon trusted me to give medicine and see toeverything, and made me sit up nights, because hewould not trust the male nurses. This was too hardfor me, and the surgeon changed me to Ward 1 ofsurgical cases. Autand was the name of the Frenchsurgeon who had charge of that waid. His watch-chain was hung with medals from the Crimean had me assist him on his morning rounds, dress-ing wounds, and did not think anything was too badfor me to see. I had to dress four cases, each withan amputated arm, one wounded through the neck,two through the hip, and one who was wounded ninetimes, in the lungs and different parts of the body;yet he recovered, and went home at last. I was there when the battle of Gettysburg wasfought, and did not have my clothes off for a weekafter the wounded began to arrive. Emmetsburg, Iowa. KaTE M. DuKCA^. 453. ADELAIDE E. SPURGEON. ALMOST before the echoes of the gun whichmarked the commencement of hostihtiesbetween the N^orth and the South had died^-^ away, Hon. Henry J. Raymond, of the NewYork Times, with that keen foresight which markedhis career as a newspaper man, had formed the ideaof organizing a band of ladies to proceed to Wash-ington to act in the capacity of nurses, should theybe needed. Several meetings were held, either atthe Cooper Institute or the Womans Libraiy, underthe auspices of Miss Elizabeth Powell, who wasselected for this purpose by Mr. Raymond. At the final meeting, many of those who wereconfidently expected to go, declined; their enthus-iasm, which had worked itself to fever heat at thecommencement, having died out, and they decided toremain with the home guard. Six names werecalled as they
Size: 1509px × 1657px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidourarmynurse, bookyear1897
