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Title: A Nurse's Life in War and Peace

Note: Reading ease score: 65.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Credits: Produced by MWS, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http: //www.pgdp.net (This file was
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Summary: "A Nurse's Life in War and Peace" by E. C. Laurence is a personal account written in the early 20th century. This memoir narrates the experiences of a nurse, highlighting her journey from schooling to her adventures in various hospitals, including her nursing during the Boer War and her time in South Africa. The author offers readers insight into the challenges faced by nurses in both civilian and military settings. The opening of the book introduces the author’s early aspirations to become a nurse, sparked by her desire for a meaningful career and inspired by the Royal Red Cross initiative. Set against a routine school life, Laurence expresses her longing to leave and pursue nursing, feeling that her delicate health may have made her more suited for the role of caregiver. She writes about her travels, her scientific curiosity, and her determination to train as a nurse in a general hospital, ending with her preparations for future opportunities. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Laurence, E. C. (Eleanor Constance)

Author of introduction, etc.: Treves, Frederick, 1853-1923

EBook No.: 52250

Published: Jun 6, 2016

Downloads: 72

Language: English

Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Medical care

Subject: Nursing -- Great Britain

Subject: Military nursing

LoCC: Military science: Other services

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

This edition has images.

Title: A Nurse's Life in War and Peace

Note: Reading ease score: 65.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Credits: Produced by MWS, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http: //www.pgdp.net (This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Summary: "A Nurse's Life in War and Peace" by E. C. Laurence is a personal account written in the early 20th century. This memoir narrates the experiences of a nurse, highlighting her journey from schooling to her adventures in various hospitals, including her nursing during the Boer War and her time in South Africa. The author offers readers insight into the challenges faced by nurses in both civilian and military settings. The opening of the book introduces the author’s early aspirations to become a nurse, sparked by her desire for a meaningful career and inspired by the Royal Red Cross initiative. Set against a routine school life, Laurence expresses her longing to leave and pursue nursing, feeling that her delicate health may have made her more suited for the role of caregiver. She writes about her travels, her scientific curiosity, and her determination to train as a nurse in a general hospital, ending with her preparations for future opportunities. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Laurence, E. C. (Eleanor Constance)

Author of introduction, etc.: Treves, Frederick, 1853-1923

EBook No.: 52250

Published: Jun 6, 2016

Downloads: 72

Language: English

Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Medical care

Subject: Nursing -- Great Britain

Subject: Military nursing

LoCC: Military science: Other services

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.