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A NURSE'S LIFE IN WAR
AND PEACE

A NURSE'S LIFE IN
WAR AND PEACE
BY
E. C. LAURENCE, R.R.C.
AUTHOR OF "MODERN NURSING IN HOSPITAL AND HOME"
WITH A PREFACE BY
SIR FREDERICK TREVES, Bart.
G.C.V.O., C.B., LL.D.
LONDON
SMITH, ELDER & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE
1912
[All rights reserved]

Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh

PREFACE
The charm of these letters, it will at once be found, depends upon their simplicity, their artlessness, their obvious candour. They present a plain, untinted account of a nurse's career, of the difficulties she has to face, and the problems she has to solve. Those who wish to know something of a nurse's life and times will find in this writing a convincing narrative, unemotional and matter-of-fact.
This is no small merit, since the record of nursing experiences is apt to be blurred by exaggeration or made nauseous by sickly romance. There is pathos enough in the sick-room and in the presence of death, but those who come in touch with it would do better to hush the knowledge in their hearts, rather than to proclaim it on the house-tops. Apart from this, the world must be a little weary of the astute sick child who lisps melodrama into the ear of the "kind nurse," as well as of the bizarre aphorisms of the dying tramp.
The faults of management and lapses of discipline which crop up incidentally in the story are now matters of the past, and are no longer to be found in either the "Children's Hospital" or the "General."
The novice who is entering the profession of Nursing will find in these letters a sensible and exact view of the prospect that lies before her. She may further glean some insight as to the qualifications of the good nurse. These qualifications are to be expressed neither by certificates nor by badges, neither by starched uniforms nor by examination results. They are happily beyond the mechanical gauge of any examiner, and above the platitudes of the official testimonial.
Of the perfect nurse it may be said that "her price is far above rubies," and that her place is high in the company of admirable women. She is versed in the elaborate ritual of her art, she has tact and sound judgment, she can give strength to the weak and confidence to the faint at heart, she has that rarest sight which can see the world through the patient's eyes, and she is possessed of those exquisite, intangible, most human sympathies which, in the fullest degree, belong alone to her sex.
FREDERICK TREVES.
December 1911.

CONTENTS
I
PAGE
At SchoolDetermined to be a NurseRoyal Red Cross institutedPreliminary Training
II
Visit to TenerifeA Storm in the BayThe Beauties of the Island
III
Up the CaadasVoyage Home on a Cargo-boatCall at Madeira
IV
First Experiences in a HospitalThe FoodSome Medical CasesMy First "Special" Case
V
Moved to a Surgical WardIn QuarantineA Poisoned Hand"Kathleen"
VI
In the Out-Patient DepartmentFood improved, and Heavy Work reducedAct as Night Sister for two nightsAm offered a post as Staff NurseMy first Certificate
VII
To South Africa for a yearVoyage out on the ScotBy train from Cape Town to Kimberley
VIII
Life on the Diamond FieldsI meet Mr. Cecil RhodesThe Kimberley Exhibition
IX
A Visit to Cape TownUp Table MountainReturn to Kimberley
X
On Circuit in Cape ColonyA Visit to NatalThe Doctor's Fee
XI
East London and Port ElizabethDown a Diamond Mine (Kimberley)Return to England
XII
Accepted for training at a General HospitalI begin in a Medical WardA sudden death
XIII
On the Surgical sideA heavy "Take-in" weekLectures on Physiology
XIV
My first Typhoid CaseDiphtheria TracheotomiesThe Rescue of the CatOn Night Duty
XV
Christmas in HospitalThe Dispensing ExaminationActing Assistant MatronThree Weeks on Duty in an Infirmary
XVI
First Sister in the Front SurgeryA Bad AccidentA Dog with a Broken Leg
XVII
Temporary Ward SisterAppointed Night SisterInteresting WorkJoin the Royal National Pension Fund for NursesI spend Christmas warded as a Patient
XVIII
Chloroform for a CatI Volunteer for Plague Duty (refused)Appointed Ward SisterA Fire AlarmA Holiday in SwitzerlandA Bomb in Paris
XIX
I go to EgyptNursing at Sea in rough weatherAt HelouanRide out to the PyramidsThe Kasr-el-Aini
XX
Up the Nile by Tourist SteamerAt Luxor"Hare and Hounds" on Donkeys
XXI
War in the SoudanNight and Day Nursing
XXII
Sent up to AssouanDown the Nile on a Post BoatA Saunter Home across the Continent
XXIII
Back to my old HospitalIn a Ward for Women and ChildrenChristmas in a Men's Accident Ward
XXIV
Scarlet FeverAt Marlborough House with R.N.P.F. Nurses
XXV
The Boer WarA Lucky Meeting at the War OfficeJoined the Army Nursing Service ReserveChoosing fittings, &c., for a Hospital of 100 beds
XXVI
Voyage out on the Tantallon CastleSome Military Hospitals near Cape TownWe land in Natal
XXVII
Inoculated against TyphoidWe begin to build our HospitalIncreased from 100 to 200 bedsUnpackingA Hospital Ship at Durban
XXVIII
Our Food SuppliesWashing ArrangementsSnakes and other CreaturesA Railway AccidentOur First Patients
XXIX
The Princess Christian Hospital Train brings us some Bad CasesMen from ElandslaagteSome Officer PatientsThe Bishop of Pretoria
XXX
Dengue Fever amongst the StaffFirst Death amongst the Officer PatientsMafeking relievedOur Hospital officially "Opened"Colonel GalwayThe Trappist Monastery
XXXI
A Spion Kop heroOrderlies knocking up with EntericWorsted work, &c., to amuse the ConvalescentsDeath of an Orderly from EntericPoem by Officer Patients
XXXII
Some distinguished VisitorsWe become a Military HospitalNew Orderlies arrive"Imperial Bearer Company" menOur Major
XXXIII
Changes on our StaffThe Arrival of Sick ConvoysOur ServantsThe Hospital CommissionThe Difficulties of Transport
XXXIV
I visit the Battle-fieldsAt ColensoLadysmithUp Spion KopTin Town HospitalOn a Red Cross Ambulance
XXXV
The Tugela FallsPieter's HillHart's HillChieveleyMooi RiverMaritzburgBack at Pinetown
XXXVI
Prisoners from PretoriaOur GardensWe start Poultry Keeping
XXXVII
The Natal Volunteers return home"John"Flying Ants and other Plagues
XXXVIII
The BuckjumperThe Excellence of the Boer PoniesThe Home for Lost Dogs!
XXXIX
Sudden Orders for HomeVoyage with Lord Roberts on the CanadaCall at Cape TownA Funeral at Sea
XL
Lord and Lady Roberts visit the HospitalChristmas at SeaWe anchor off CowesLord Roberts visits Queen Victoria at OsborneSixteen days' leaveRejoin the
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