Memories of the Crimea / [Mary Aloysius].

  • Aloysius, Mary, Sister.
Date:
1897
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Memories of the Crimea / [Mary Aloysius]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    charity. Give all the aid you can, and believe me, my dear Rev. Mother, affection- ately yours in Jesus Christ, Sister M. Vincent Wiiitty, \ Superioress. Enclosed with this letter were the copies of two others. One, addressed by the same Superioress to the Vicar-General, the Very Rev. Dr. Yore : Very Rev. Sir, We have heard with great pain of the sufferings of our countrymen engaged as sol- diers in the East in the service of the Queen. We know it must be difficult, if not impos- sible, to procure for them skilful nurses speak- ing their own language and sympathising with their habits and feelings, and that care and attention in a strange land which would be so well supplied at home. Attendance on the sick, as you are aware, is part of the work of our Institute, and sad experience amongst the poor has convinced us that, even with the advantages of medical aid, o manv valuable lives are lost for want of careful nursing. It has occurred to us that as the French Sisters of Charity have been found so useful and acceptable to their coun-
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