Monday, August 1, 2016

August 16, 1918: Ella Mae Bongard, Canadian nurse on the Western Front



"Today one of my patients, Capt. Samuels died. He had a fractured femur and a huge G.S.W. of the hip. They found a gas bug in the culture & he got so much worse they decided to amputate but he died on the table. He was such a good sport, just this morning he was coaxing me to move his bed outdoors but of course we couldn't with the traction on, so he said get me a propeller on this thing and I'll fly out. 

I've cried myself sick."


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