A nurse's life in war and peace / E.C. Laurence ; with a preface by Sir Frederick Treves.

  • Laurence, E. C. (Eleanor Constance)
Date:
1912
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Credit: A nurse's life in war and peace / E.C. Laurence ; with a preface by Sir Frederick Treves. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    II Port Orotava, Tenerife, April 1889. Here we are, in comfortable quarters and in glorious sunshine, the grand old Peak of Tenerife (with its cap of snow) looking down upon us. I wish you could be transplanted to this warmth and brightness ; but you would not have enjoyed our experiences on the way here. You know how cold it was when we left London on the Ruapehu; and all down the Channel it was very cold, but fine and calm. We called at Plymouth (such a pretty harbour); then, after we left there, our troubles began. The next day there was a heavy swell, and very few people appeared on deck. Our stewardess, they said, had “ happened of an accident,” but we were well waited upon by a nice little steward. M. was bad, and stayed in her berth ; but with the steward’s assistance I struggled up on the upper deck, and I would not have missed it for anything. Towards evening it was really blowing hard, and the waves were grand. We took such plunges down into the trough, and then the great ship trembled, and seemed to pull herself together to rise on the crest of the next wave and then take another plunge. The men were on the trot all day, making every- thing fast. It was Sunday, but there was no service —the crew all too hard at work, and the passengers chiefly in their berths. Towards evening I was
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