"They are the patient sorrows that touch nearest."-ION. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, SUCCESSORS TO HENRY COLBURN, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1856. 223. 6.9. CONTENTS. Improvements in the hospital-The medical and pur- veying departments-Difficulties and impossibilities -Our wants and the manner in which they were supplied-Mr. Robertson-The results of his exer- tions-Charcoal brasiers-Etnas-Construction of the ladies' ward-rooms-Ripe fruit for the sick-A box from England-Pictures of the past-The "Fresh Arrivals "-Soldiers' letters and their direc- tions-The conduct of the hired nurses- -The ladies lay aside the government costume-Necessity of some distinction between the hired nurses and the ladies-Fresh arrivals and fresh troubles-A ma- |