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Louise Liers correspondence album, 1911-1919

1918-12-03 Page 10

asking for only one thing - cigarettes which take the place of morphine in most cases.  With a little nursing -  a little Dakins, good food and the grace of god -  must of them recover remarkably.  If I see you when I come home I'll tell you more. The work could have been very discouraging there was so much of it and so many little comforting thing we had all been taught to do for our patients but hard to omit because we hardly had time for the necessary attentions. Our boys are always soldiers never patients - You know as well as I what Victory means to everyone. We had heard it so  many times that we wouldn't believe it when the news finally came. Even now there and time when we can't be too enthusiastic, but our wards are being emptied and the work is very light now so the nurses are each having a day off each week and we are seeing a bit of this beautiful country. We are able on

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asking for only one thing - cigarettes which take the place of morphine in most cases. With a little nursing - a little Dakins, good food and the grace of god - must of them recover remarkably. If I see you when I come home I'll tell you more. The work could have been very discouraging there was so much of it and so many little comforting thing we had all been taught to do for our patients but hard to omit because we hardly had time for the necessary attentions. Our boys are always soldiers never patients - You know as well as I what Victory means to everyone. We had heard it so many times that we wouldn't believe it when the news finally came. Even now there and time when we can't be too enthusiastic, but our wards are being emptied and the work is very light now so the nurses are each having a day off each week and we are seeing a bit of this beautiful country. We are able on