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Title: Observations of an Orderly
Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital

Author: Ward Muir

Release Date: February 1, 2006 [eBook #17655]

Language: English

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OBSERVATIONS OF AN ORDERLY

Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital

by

L.-CPL. WARD MUIR, R.A.M.C. (T.)

Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton,
Kent & Co., Ltd., 4 Stationers'
Hall Court : : : London, E.C.4
Copyright
First published July 1917

Novels by the Author of "Observations of an Orderly"

THE AMAZING MUTES
WHEN WE ARE RICH
CUPID'S CATERERS

Also Editor of

"HAPPY--THOUGH WOUNDED"
The Book of the Third London General Hospital

TO

LT.-COL. H.E. BRUCE PORTER, C.M.G.

OFFICER IN COMMAND OF THE

3RD LONDON

GENERAL HOSPITAL

Some passages from _Observations of an Orderly_ have appeared,
generally in a shorter form, in _The Spectator_, _The New Statesman_,
_The Hospital_, _The Evening Standard_, _The National News_, _The Dundee
Advertiser_, _The Daily News_, and _The Daily Mail_. The author desires
to make the usual acknowledgments to their editors.

The coloured design on the paper wrapper is by Sergeant Noel Irving,
R.A.M.C. (T.), a member of the unit at the 3rd London General Hospital.

CONTENTS

I PAGE
MY FIRST DAY 19

II
LIFE IN THE ORDERLIES' HUTS 33

III
WASHING-UP 51

IV
A "HUT" HOSPITAL 65

V
FROM THE "D BLOCK" WARDS 79

V