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    "ocrText": "7.\nadjoined this reception hall. Frames were provided\nfor the helpless patients, so that they were laid\nover the bath tub, rather than init and all patients\nleven those severely wounded were bathed in liquid\nsoap and warm spray before being taken to the\nting-room. After the bath, they taken directly opera-\nwere\nto the operating-room before admission to the wards\nso that there was no time lost in their treatment.\nDuring the Chateau Thierry drive, patients were\nbrought in directly from the dressing-stations both\nby train and by ambulance and evacuated to other hospi\ntals, as rapidly as they could be moved. Practically\nall the cases were fractures, except a few head in-\njuries and chest wounds. Practically all of the\nabdominal cases died before they could be removed\nfrom the battle-field. Leg and arm fractures were\nplaced in frames (appareils) and Miss Eakins assured\nme that the patients were generally more comfortable\nwhen these frames were applied.\nI dined with Miss Eakins and Miss Jones in a\nlittle private sitting-roon with an open fire. This\ngave us an opportunity for a long visit and made it\npossible to explain many of the complications which\nhave come up owing to the difficulty in writing back\nand for th freely. Just before dinnr I went with Miss\nJones to her hospital, I.R.C.Hospital IOI, 2, Boule-\nvard du Chateau, Neuilly-sur-Sein which has been\nestablished by the Red Cross for its own personnel.\nThe hospital belongs to Dr. Rebinovitch, who was\nmobilised for service with the Army and leased the\nhospital to the Red Cross. It is a very attractive\nbuilding and well adapted for its present use. The\nnurses employed in this hospital live in the same\nquarters as the nurses from A.R.C Military Hosp. No. I\nwhich seems to be an entirely satisfactory arrangement\nas Miss Eakins and Miss Jones are excellent friends.\nI spoke to many of the patients and they were all\nenthusiastic in regard to the care given them. Miss\nEakins brought me back to the hotel about IO p'm'\nJanuary I7 Came to the office rather late and found\nMiss Hall ready to go with me to Army Base Hosp. 57,\nthe Memphis, Tennessee Unit. This hospital was\nsituated in a building formally used as a boys' school\nwhich was very readily transferred into a hospital.\nNothing had been done when Miss Thompson arrived so\nthat everything connected with the hospital equipment\nrepresented her work. greatly pleased with\nMiss Thompson and the general condition of the hospi-\ntal. The wards were orderly and clean; the first\nhospital I have seen where all of the beds had white\ncovers. She had utilised sheets which had be en re-\nissued to her from some of the hospitals which had\nclosed. Here I found for the first time an attempt"
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