Volume 1

Eastern hospitals and English nurses : the narrative of twelve months' experience in the hospitals of Koulali and Scutari / by a lady volunteer.

  • Taylor, Mary Magdalen, 1832-1900.
Date:
1856
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Credit: Eastern hospitals and English nurses : the narrative of twelve months' experience in the hospitals of Koulali and Scutari / by a lady volunteer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LES SCETJRS DE LA CHARITE. French Scaurs de la Cliarite came on board to proceed to Constantinople. Many of ns had never seen les Scaurs de la Cliarite before; we found on inquiry that they belonged to the order of St. Vincent de Paul, and are bound only by annual vows. The order was founded two hundred years ago, and they wear the peasant dress of that period, con- sisting of grey serge, with jacket and loose sleeves, and a large stiff white peasant cap, of which it is said one of the kings of France invented the shape by folding his dinner napkin into it. The ship was so crowded that there was not a single berth for the scaurs, and they were quite contented to sit up all night, but they received a warm welcome from the Sisters of Mercy, who invited them to share their small cabin for the night. Next morn- ing some of our party who could converse in French were anxious to talk to them, but they were prevented. The French officers