Beds of the most comfortable description,
having regard to space, are provided, whilst sitting cases
are arranged for in ordinary carriages. Furnished with a
well-appointed kitchen, nothing is left to be desired as
regards the food, and this, I need hardly say, appeals very
strongly to a man who has been living upon Army rations for
weeks or months past. There is even a small operating
theatre in the best equipped hospital trains.
(6) This brings us to the Base Hospital, where is found the
finest talent, both medical and surgical, that the country
can produce. Some of our greatest civilian medical men, in a
temporary capacity, are now rendering invaluable aid to the
remarkable cases which proceed from the fell work of shot
and shell. These hospitals, some of which are due to the
magnificent enterprise of private individuals, provide for a
very large number of patients. In one centre alone there
are eight hospitals, with fourteen beds in each. Here, too,
are working the most highly trained nursing sisters, and the
wounded man will, to his dying day, remember the patient
skill bestowed upon him by these devoted women.
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