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Nursing on the Balkan front lines
At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the founder of the
Scottish Women's Hospitals, Dr. Elsie Inglis, approached the
British War Office with the suggestion that her organisation be
permitted to travel to the front to work with the R. A. M. C. and
other nursing organisations caring for wounded and sick soldiers.
It was reported that the War Office official she met told her: 'My
good lady, go home and sit still.' Fortunately for thousands of
allied soldiers this was not the kind of advice that sat well with
Dr. Inglis. Undaunted, her plans to contribute to the war effort
pressed ahead and the first 200 bed Scottish Women's Hospital
opened at Royaumont, France. In the course of the war thirteen more
hospitals followed, in Corsica, France, Malta, Romania, Russia,
Salonika and Serbia, staffed by volunteer doctors, nurses,
orderlies and ambulance drivers. This unique Leonaur edition
principally concerns the activities of the Scottish Women's
Hospital unit in the Romanian Campaign, part of the Balkan theatre
in the east, where fighting broke out in 1916 and was particularly
savage as Romanian forces attempted to regain Transylvania from the
Austro-Hungarian Empire. Written by one who experienced the
campaign at first hand the book describes the work, deprivation and
perils of those remarkable women who, driven by irrepressible
conviction, undertook their humanitarian work far from home and
often in conditions of extreme danger. To add perspective an
extract describing the work of the Scottish Women's Hospitals
throughout the region during the Great War is also included.
Recommended reading for all those interested in nursing in
wartime.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
What if a stranger begged: Only you can help me find Daddy's
killer?A consultant to FBI now on medical leave, Nica Dobson is
wrestling with images of whom she once was and who she is now. A
recent breast cancer survivor, can she find the courage that
evaporated during her treatments, accept the changes in her body
and mind and unravel the maze of blackmail, death threats,
deception, political mudslinging, and double-dealing?Investigating
a suspicious death from the eighties to prove a paternity
connection between a terminally ill school teacher and a
hard-living rock star would be nearly impossible for Nica even with
the Bureau to back her up. Now? Nica is forced to depend on her
nemesis from high school, Payton Yu, who seems to ignore facts in
his quest to become Hawaii's governor.Being a Good Samaritan has
never been more complicated, especially when that requires digging
up dangerous secrets involving an old moneyed Hawaiian family and
their ruthless matriarch.Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
Nursing on the Balkan front lines
At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the founder of the
Scottish Women's Hospitals, Dr. Elsie Inglis, approached the
British War Office with the suggestion that her organisation be
permitted to travel to the front to work with the R. A. M. C. and
other nursing organisations caring for wounded and sick soldiers.
It was reported that the War Office official she met told her: 'My
good lady, go home and sit still.' Fortunately for thousands of
allied soldiers this was not the kind of advice that sat well with
Dr. Inglis. Undaunted, her plans to contribute to the war effort
pressed ahead and the first 200 bed Scottish Women's Hospital
opened at Royaumont, France. In the course of the war thirteen more
hospitals followed, in Corsica, France, Malta, Romania, Russia,
Salonika and Serbia, staffed by volunteer doctors, nurses,
orderlies and ambulance drivers. This unique Leonaur edition
principally concerns the activities of the Scottish Women's
Hospital unit in the Romanian Campaign, part of the Balkan theatre
in the east, where fighting broke out in 1916 and was particularly
savage as Romanian forces attempted to regain Transylvania from the
Austro-Hungarian Empire. Written by one who experienced the
campaign at first hand the book describes the work, deprivation and
perils of those remarkable women who, driven by irrepressible
conviction, undertook their humanitarian work far from home and
often in conditions of extreme danger. To add perspective an
extract describing the work of the Scottish Women's Hospitals
throughout the region during the Great War is also included.
Recommended reading for all those interested in nursing in
wartime.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
See, I'm usually the one who solves problems, being that I'm a
minister and all. Yes, you heard it right. I might not look like
one - i.e. rounded on all the right edges and a propensity to
wearing clothes showing a smidge of cleavage. And it's true if
you've heard that I have Victoria's Secret's site as my homepage.
Like it or not, that's me, Pastor Jane Angieski. I'm fully
licensed, fully educated, and fully confused most of the time.
Truth is that if I could have just resisted the lure of dark
chocolate I'd have stayed happily ignorant about sex slaves,
black-market babies, cheatin' preachers, and an assortment of
lowlifes that have intruded on my cluttered, fluttered, and
frazzled life. And with that restraint, I would never have been
rejected, arrested, and nearly exterminated. Or fallen in love. But
wait, like always, I'm getting ahead of the story and how it all
happened.
"Sensuality Level" Behind Closed Doors
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