World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care
After having visited all the important clinics in the United States—the famous Mayos of Rochester, Murphy’s at Chicago, Cushing’s at Boston, and others at Cleveland, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, I finally arrived at New York.
After having visited all the important clinics in the United States—the famous Mayos of Rochester, Murphy’s at Chicago, Cushing’s at Boston, and others at Cleveland, Baltimore,...
2. CHAPTER II.At 12 p.m. we detrained at Southampton, hungry and thirsty. Owing to lack of foresight we had had nothing to eat since breakfast. The night was a beautiful one, and a voyage acr...
3. CHAPTER III.We knew that serious events must have happened when K. of K. had personally visited Le Havre and had ordered its evacuation. It was Napoleon who said that it was a disastrous th...
4. CHAPTER IV.After having received these definite orders I got my kit again conveyed to the _Cestrian_ transport and slept that night in my old corner of the smoking-room. At 2.45 a.m. the s...
5. CHAPTER V.Coulommiers at this time looked a little bit _dégagé_. It had been occupied by the Germans some days previously, and now the British had it. The French inhabitants were in Paris...
6. CHAPTER VI.In a battle one really sees very little and knows very little of what is going on, except in the near neighbourhood. The broad perspective, the great view of a battle, cannot be...
7. CHAPTER VII.When the long day closed and darkness shrouded us all, the firing ceased completely, and the world felt strangely silent. The batteries limbered up and took the road down toward...
8. CHAPTER VIII.At 7 a.m. our Field Ambulance was ready to march. Breakfast was over, and we stood by awaiting orders. While waiting, some of us strolled back towards the bridge which we had cr...
9. CHAPTER IX.On arriving at Serches on the Aisne our ambulance pulled off into a sloping grassy field, and the tired horses were taken out, fed, and rubbed down. Fires were lit and we all pr...
10. CHAPTER X.We left Serches at 5 p.m. and retraced our road for about two miles till we reached the ancient Château-farm of Mont de Soissons. This historic farm was our headquarters during...
11. CHAPTER XI.Our Field Ambulance headquarters at the Château-farm of Mont de Soissons was occupied by us till October. During this time our army was fighting hard. Most of the days were rain...
12. CHAPTER XII.The Field Ambulances are officially designated as Divisional Troops under the command of the Assistant Director of Medical Services. A Field Ambulance consists of three sections...
13. CHAPTER XIII.Early in October, and at night, the Ambulance again took the road—we turned our back on the Aisne and with the 2nd Army Corps began the famous move across the French lines of co...
14. CHAPTER XIV.When we took up our quarters here we knew that we would soon be busy with wounded, and the central hall of the château was at once prepared for their reception. Two larger rooms...
15. CHAPTER XV.Bethune held a position of great importance behind our lines, for our wounded were evacuated thither from the front, and those fit to take the journey were then sent on by hospi...
16. CHAPTER XVI.At Bethune some of us met for the first time in this war cases of functional temporary blindness, and many other cases were met with at various points of the front.
17. CHAPTER XVII.One afternoon a German aeroplane dropped a bomb at the hospital gate, and a second one on a house near the gate. They burst with a terrific crash, shook the building and rattled...
18. CHAPTER XVIII.Our Clearing Hospital remained at Chocques for four or five days, and while here had a fair, but not a large, number of wounded. These were quickly sent off by hospital trains,...
19. CHAPTER XIX.At the end of November our ambulance was ordered to St. Jans Capelle. We were not sorry to leave our house, with its evil pond and manure heap, and the voice of Madame.