Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-07-24

The frst thing they do In the hos.
pltnl II TO take OF your old dirty band.
ages and slide your strctcher under
big electric magnet. A doctor comes
IN and places his hand over your
wound. aud they let down the magnet
over his hand and turn on the juice.
n the she'll fragment or bullet IN you
n more than seven centlmetcrs deep.
you cnnnot feel the pain. The first
doctor reports 10 the chief how deep
your wound IL. and where II In situ.
atcd. aud then q nurse comes up 10
you, whore you lie. with your clothes
silll on. and asks you TO take the
pressure"
Then they lift you on four-wheeled
cart. and roll you 10 the operating the
ater. They take on your clothes there.
remember ! liked TO look at the
nurses aud surgeons; they looked 80
good In their clcan white clothes.
Then they stick hollow needles into
you. which hurt q good deal, and you
take the pressure. After a while, they
begin cutting away the bruised and
maybe rotten flesh. removing the old
cloth. pieces Of dirt, and 80 forth. and
scraping away the spllnters Of bone.
You think for sure you are going to
bleed TO death. The blood rushes
through you like lightning. and II you
get a sight Of yourself. you can feel
yourself turning pale. Then they hurry
You to your bed. and cover you over
with blankets and hot-water bottles.
They raise your bed on chairs, 30 the
blood viii run up toward your head,
and sitter q while. your eyes open and
the doctor says. "Oui. oui, II vivra,"
meaning that you still had some time
TO spend before finally going west.
The treatment we got In the hospital
was great. We received cigarettes, to-
bacco, matches, magazines. and clean
clothes. The men do not talk about
their wounds much. and everybody
tries TO be happy and show II. The
food was nne. and there was lots Of II.
do not think there were any doc
tors In the world better than ours, and
they were always trying to make
things easy for US. They did not rip
the dressings of your wounds like
some Of the butchers do In some Of our
dispensaries that ! know Of. but took
them on carefully. Everything was
very clean and sanitary. and some Of
the hospitals had sun parlors. which
were well used, you can be sure.
Some Of the men made toys and
fancy articles, such as button hooks
and paper knives. They made the
handles from empty shell cases. or
shrapnel. or pieces Of zeppelins, or
anything else picked up along the
font.
When they are getting well. the men
learn harness making. mechanical
drawing, telegraphy. gardening. poul.
try raising, typewriting, bookkeeping
and the men teach the nurses how to
make canes out Of shell cases. and
rings Of aluminium. and slippers and
gloves out Of blankets.
The nurses certainly work hard.
They always have more to do than
they ought to. but they never complain,
and are always cheerful and ready to
play games when they have the time,
or read to some poIlu. And their work
Is pretty dirty too: would not like
to have to do It. They say there were
= lots Of French society ladies' working
us nurses, but you never heard much
about society. or any talk about Lord
Helpus, or Count Whosls, or pink teas
or anything like that from these
nurses.
A few shells landed near our hos
pital, while I was there, but no patient
was hit. They knocked shrine Of Our
Lady to spllnters, though. and bowled
over a big cruclfix. The kitchen was
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