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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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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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    OTJR SUPERINTENDENT. [their names are then inscribed in order] by their countrywomen.” On the arms of the cross are engraven the words : u I am the Resurrection and the Life.” Miss Stanley was frequently absent from us for a day or two at a time; her anxiety to have us released from our very unpleasant position was very great. She went fre- quently to the British embassy at Pera, and met there with much kindness from Lady Stratford, who interested herself warmly in procuring employment for our band. Miss Stanley also went often to Scutari, to try and make arrangements for the reception of some more of her nurses. During Miss Stanley’s absences our anxiety to know our fate grew very intense, and we used to watch for the steamer by which we expected her return eagerly. Two steamers went daily from Buyukdere to Pera, touching at Therapia; one returned at four in the afternoon, the other half-an-hour later. When