Intermission at a French theater, 1915. Women and a girl knit, socks perhaps, for soldiers at the front, as does a Red Cross nurse seated between two sleepy soldiers, one — from an Algerian regiment — visibly wounded. An older man reads the news. Illustrated by A. Guillaume, the postcard is captioned in the languages of the Entente Allies, French, English, and Russian.

15 minutes d'entr'act.

15 minutes intermission.

Антрактъ въ 15 минутъ.



Pinx. A. Guillaume

А. Гильомъ



Visé Paris.

2260.

I.M.L.



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Guerre Européenne de 1914-1915

Édition Patriotique.

Imp. I. Lapina. - Paris, Rue Denfert-Rochebeau, 75



European War 1914-1915

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Monday, June 26, 1916

"Monday, 13th June, [O.S.; June 26, 1916, N.S.] Buchach

There were two major operations late last night, both stomach wounds; the intestines had been severely perforated and it was by no means easy to cleanse the abdominal cavity of the blood and impurities which had flowed into it. The Surgeons' skilled hands were able to cut away the torn intestinal tubes and join the healthy ends together once again. It would seem a miracle if the patient survived such an intricate operation, but a high percentage did survive and our Surgeons, who kept in touch with many of the Base hospitals, often heard that such and such a soldier was being slowly restored to health. It was a difficult time for us Sisters while these 'stomach' patients were under our care, for they were constantly crying our for water — their thirst must have exceeded their pain — and we knew that nothing must pass through those injured intestines until they had healed. It was even forbidden to allow a drop of water to pass through those parched lips."

Quotation Context

Entry for June 26, 1916 (June 13 Old Style) from the diary of Florence Farmborough, an English nurse serving with the Russian Red Cross behind the front lines of Russia's Brusilov Offensive. The next day, Farmborough and a male nurse could barely restrain one of their 'stomach patients' who was delirious from thirst.

Source

Nurse at the Russian Front, a Diary 1914-18 by Florence Farmborough, page 202, copyright © 1974 by Florence Farmborough, publisher: Constable and Company Limited, publication date: 1974

Tags

1916-06-26, 1916, June, wound, wounded, casualty, casualties