Volume 1

Report of observations made in the British military hospitals in Belgium, after the battle of Waterloo, with some remarks upon amputation / By John Thomson.

  • Thomson, John.
Date:
1816
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Credit: Report of observations made in the British military hospitals in Belgium, after the battle of Waterloo, with some remarks upon amputation / By John Thomson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    any respect from the privations and exposure to which they had been subjected. In a battle so obstinately fought, anil in which so many were wounded, it was impos- sible that the medical officers could give to every man the immediate attention which his particular case might require; but in overta- king this distracting and painful duty, the most indefatigable exertions were made, both on the field and in the hospitals into which the wound- ed men were received. The labours of these officers were continued without intermission for several days and nights, leaving them scarcely an interval for refreshment, and none for re- pose. To appreciate the value of such labours, one must have been present at the horrors of the scene in which they were engaged, must have heard the groans, and seen the agonies of the dying ; and, what is still more painful to endure, must have listened to the cries, without having it in his power to relieve the sufferings, of the wounded. Several of these officers con- as presented itself after the battle of Waterloo, rendered them indifferent to life; and that, in the state of intense excitement in which they 6 ee ——— /——. a a a