Field Hospital and Flying Column (Classic Reprint): Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium Russia - Softcover

Thurstan, Violetta

 
9781440075926: Field Hospital and Flying Column (Classic Reprint): Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium Russia

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Frontline nursing, courage, and the human side of war told in a nurse’s eye In these pages, you follow an English nursing sister as she travels through Belgium, Russia, Denmark, and beyond, bearing witness to the realities of war and the work of Red Cross and Voluntary Aid teams.

This edition presents a vivid, personal account of medical care under fire, the logistics of war time nursing, and the emotional and physical toll of conflict. It blends travel memoir with frontline service, offering a grounded view of how nurses answered the call to help in the early years of the war, through changing fronts and shifting fortunes.

- A day-to-day look at setting up hospitals, organizing care, and moving with military and civilian relief efforts.
- Encounters with patients, doctors, and volunteers, and the challenges of coordinating care under difficult conditions.
- Personal reflections on duty, risk, and the meaning of service in wartime.
- Moments of humanity and resilience amid danger, hardship, and displacement.

Ideal for readers of historical wartime accounts, medical memoirs, and first-hand histories of the Great War, especially those interested in nursing and humanitarian work.

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