-CPL. WARD MUIR, R.A.M.C. (T.)
Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton,
Kent & Co., Ltd., 4 Stationers'
Hall Court : : : London, E.C.4
Copyright
First published July 1917
Novels by the Author of "Observations of an Orderly"
THE AMAZING MUTES
WHEN WE ARE RICH
CUPID'S CATERERS
Also Editor of
"HAPPY--THOUGH WOUNDED"
The Book of the Third London General Hospital
TO
LT.-COL. H.E. BRUCE PORTER, C.M.G.
OFFICER IN COMMAND OF THE
3RD LONDON
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Some passages from _Observations of an Orderly_ have appeared,
generally in a shorter form, in _The Spectator_, _The New Statesman_,
_The Hospital_, _The Evening Standard_, _The National News_, _The Dundee
Advertiser_, _The Daily News_, and _The Daily Mail_. The author desires
to make the usual acknowledgments to their editors.
The coloured design on the paper wrapper is by Sergeant Noel Irving,
R.A.M.C. (T.), a member of the unit at the 3rd London General Hospital.
CONTENTS
I PAGE
MY FIRST DAY 19
II
LIFE IN THE ORDERLIES' HUTS 33
III
WASHING-UP 51
IV
A "HUT" HOSPITAL 65
V
FROM THE "D BLOCK" WARDS 79
VI
WHEN THE WOUNDED ARRIVE 93
VII
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