The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-29
NURSE WRITES OF
EMERGENCY WORK
Miss Mcmillan Head Nurse
in Surgical Ward at
Camp Logan
HAS OPPORTUNITY
TOGO TO FRANCE
Invited by Surgeon from Rockefeller In
stitute-Mentions Miss McGrandcl,
Who Went With Her from Brattle.
boro-Much Desk Work.

Not all the interesting letters from
Brattleboro persons in the war serv-
ice come from across the water. Mrs
George W. Tyler, secretary of the Brat
tleboro Mutual Aid association, has
Just received one of special interest
from Miss Elizabeth Mcmillan, written
at Camp Logan, Houston, Texas. Miss
Mcmillan was supervisor of attendants
for the Mutual Aid association, and
Miss Robena NJ. NcGrandel, whom
Miss Mcmillan mentions. was district
nurse for the association. Both are
registered nurses and enlisted in the
Red Cross service and were called some
weeks ago. Miss Mcmillan writes:
Ny dear Mrs. Tyler:
Your two nice newsy letters received
md | thank you very much for them
l have been getting the Reforners
regularly and il is good Of Miss Fandel
to send them to me- Miss McGrandel
md | enjoy them immensely; we even
read the advertisements.
Since | wrote last to you dear people
in Brattleboro there have been many
changes here. I was Head in q
contagious department for seven weeks.
hut March l was given ward on the
surgical side l tried to get out Of
the Head -nurseship' but could not
manage it successfully without getting
tied up in "red tape" SO March l
found me head nurse in a heavy sur
gieal ward with SO patients, five nurses
ward master, three orderlies and my.
self. No use trying to tell you how
busy we are, but just to give you ar
idea of our emergency work, here are
the cases of yesterday: Two aviator>
from Ellington Field, legs smashed
chest crushed, fractured skull; an elee
trio car accident, foot amputated a
ankle; one patient from trenches witt
n bayonet wound clear through thigh
-nne- patient shot in neck, bullet lodg
ing in right arm; and the other case
which made the sixth emergency, wa
of little note, although he did try +
stop Il "flivver' with his mani,
chest He was crushed little an
his knee was sprained. All this i
addition to our ordinary operativ
work.
but heavens, what desk work, | won
try to tell YOU a thing about it. Att
gether | enjoy the surgical work yer
much. The surgeons do no dressing
nor do they remove sutures; the nurse
do all this work. OF course the wal
surgeon supervises when the head nur;
alis his attention to any particuli
wound that the surgical nurse repor
: not doing well
I'm lucky woman; my ward gu
con is a big man from the Rock
eller Institute and wonderful su
con. He is going to France soon, a,
wants me to 90 with his party
e calls it. Although l have work
18th him q short time, he seems
link my work is all right. He
4 .neer and very quiet, but takes in
= hat goes on. | certainly have learn
4 lot in the past three weeks fro
- Major Parkes, and he seems willing
explain matters when he has time
spare When on the contagious wal
had Chicago man, Capt. Hargreav
who gave up 100000 practice to sci
his country. l was sorry to leave hi
he was such a splendid man.
Our new quarters are finished q
the rooms are fine. Our reception TO
IS having coat of paint (the OF
painted room in the whole hospital
camp, and we are having CT
green rug for the center floor
l must stop now as it is nearly m
night. Am enclosing a "time ex
sure; 1t Is not very good. Will st