Diaries of Ethel Eva Brander, nee Conybeare Scan: 067 Volume 4: September 1915 (Kent) - January 1916 (Westminster Hospital)
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One with a growth that can't be removed, one with "paralysed intestines", gangrene had spread from his appendix. "A wife, three children under six, and fighting so hard for his life. You're not so sorry for a man who lets himself die."
"Nurse Rabbit is a vulgar little thing...but a jolly fine nurse, keen as steel on her work. She's done everything possible...though we know he can't live."
I've been to a few operations, right beside the table.
Diaries of Ethel Eva Brander, nee Conybeare Scan: 067 Volume 4: September 1915 (Kent) - January 1916 (Westminster Hospital)