EASTERN HOSPITALS

AND

ENGLISH NURSES;

THE NARRATIVE OF

TWELVE MONTHS' EXPERIENCE

IN THE

HOSPITALS OF KOULALI AND SCUTARI.

BY

A LADY VOLUNTEER.

"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.

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LONDON: SERCOMBE AND JACK, 16 A GREAT WINDMILL STREET.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

PAGES

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-

næuvre for a free passage--Misbehaviour of the

hired nurses- 5-Mrs. Woodward an exception.

CHAPTER II.

Extra diet kitchen-Its growth and improvements,

Waste resulting from bad management-A kitchen

and store-room for the General Hospital–Much-

prized presents from Mr. Gamble—Contents of the

store-room--Lessons in rice-pudding making-Cha-

racteristics of contract supplies—The gelatine diffi-

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