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Title: Observations of an Orderly
Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital
Author: Ward Muir
Release Date: February 1, 2006 [eBook #17655]
Language: English
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OBSERVATIONS OF AN
ORDERLY
SOME GLIMPSES OF LIFE AND WORK
IN AN ENGLISH WAR HOSPITAL
BY
L.-Cpl. WARD MUIR, R.A.M.C. (T.)

SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON,
KENT & CO., LTD., 4 STATIONERS'
HALL COURT : : : LONDON, E.C.4

[Pg 8]
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\u2014THOUGH WOUNDED"
The Book of the Third London General Hospital

[Pg 9]
TO
Lt.-Col. H. E. BRUCE PORTER, C.M.G.
Officer in Command of the
3rd London
General Hospital

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OBSERVATIONS OF AN ORDERLY
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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 No\u00ebl Irving, R.A.M.C. (T.), a
member of the unit at the 3rd London General Hospital.
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CONTENTS
PAGE
I
My First Day
19
II
Life in the Orderlies' Huts
33
III
Washing-up
51
IV
A "Hut" Hospital
65
[Pg 14]V
From the "D Block" Wards
79
VI
When the Wounded Arrive
93
VII
"T.... A...."
107
VIII
Laundry Problems
121
IX
On Buttons
137
X
A Word about "Slackers in Khaki"
147
[Pg 15]XI
The Recreation Rooms
159
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