Volume 1

Eastern hospitals and English nurses : the narrative of twelve months' experience in the hospitals of Koulali and Scutari / by a lady volunteer.

  • Taylor, Mary Magdalen, 1832-1900.
Date:
1856
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Credit: Eastern hospitals and English nurses : the narrative of twelve months' experience in the hospitals of Koulali and Scutari / by a lady volunteer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    soldiers to be deprived of the comforts en- joyed by the French ? On the first appear- ance of sickness at Yarna they had sent for Sisters of Charity, and the summons was in- stantly obeyed, and in bands of twenty-five they went as they were wanted. Why, it was said, are there no such nurses in England ? Surely there are women in England as well as in France who would go forth and minister to the wants of the sick and wounded soldiers ! And English women were not wanting. Many was the' band that was that week or- ganised for the work ; many were the indi- viduals who in their secluded homes deter- mined to offer their services for this purpose, and applied for information and permission to the official authorities. Amongst other volunteers was the widowed daughter of an Irish nobleman, Lady M ■ p . She engaged three nurses, fur- nished money for their outfit and expenses, and on the lltli of October she went to Miss