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.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    that it would be a very warm situation in summer were it not for the breezes from the Black Sea, which render it the most delight- ful atmosphere in Turkey. Around the house in which we lived was a large garden, at the extreme end of which, quite hidden among the trees, was a small house, the summer residence of Lord Napier, Secretary to the Embassy; the rise of this house also was offered to ns by Lord Strat- ford de Bedcliffe, and it was assigned by Miss Stanley for the use of the nuns, after they had been a few days at Galata. After passing the Hotel d'Angleterre the stone- quay ends, and the village begins, which consists of a few wretched shops, some cafes^ a French magasin, and a small Greek church. After passing through the village the qnay recommences, there are a few better sort of houses, then two large buildings, which were at that time converted into