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hand bore him to a flying ambulance, and away he 

 went to surgical head-quarters. Not infrequently he 

 underwent an amputation in fifteen minutes after re- 

 ceiving a shattered limb. If a battle were not at- 

 tended with many wounded, they were all treated by 

 the time the conflict was over. When thousands were 

 wounded, the ambulance surgeons had to work far 

 into night, even till noon of the following day. Then 

 to get all into hospitals, churches, private houses, 

 barns, sheds, and under grain-stacks, might require 

 another day, or several days. As a rule, we treated 

 all alike the wounded of friend and foe though the 

 candor was not always returned in kind. Not in- 

 frequently we had to feed the sufferers on horse-flesh, 

 and the poor fellows were very thankful even for such 

 rations." 



Peace having been declared between France and 

 Prussia, the Austrian army fell back from the vicinity 

 of the Rhine, and took part with the Italians ; and 

 General Bonaparte was sent upon what was called the 

 " Campaign of Italy." Napoleon made Larrey Sur- 

 geon-in-Chief of the army in the field, with a six 

 weeks' furlough before entering upon duty'. He im- 

 proved this respite from labor by going to Toulouse 

 and marrying the daughter of Leroux, once Minister 

 of Finance under Louis XVI. 



After a brief honeymoon, Surgeon Larrey re- 

 paired to Italy, and entered upon official duties. The 

 army crossed the Alps near Mount Cenis, where Han- 

 nibal found his way into fair Italy. The tourist who 

 reaches Turin through the railway tunnel may see a 

 stone bridge built by Napoleon to cross a stream on 

 his way to the beautiful and fertile fields of Lombardy. 

 In this campaign Napoleon's progress was disputed by 



