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Amongst those deadly wounded was a young soldier 

 wounded by a piece of a shell in the abdomen. The pro- 

 fessor saw at once that there was no hope ; he therefore only 

 stuffed as much lint as possible into the fearful wound, and 

 had him laid aside on the straw. The poor man, who did not 

 feel much pain, believed himself neglected, and when I came 

 to look after him he complained to me that the wounds of the 

 others that came after him were dressed ; he wanted to be 

 dressed also, and to be sent back to the hospital at Amiens, 

 &c. 



Poor fellovv' I It would have been too cruel to tell him that 

 he must die ; and the Professor told me to give him some 

 morphine and whatever he wanted to drink. 



Alas, we had nothing to drink, neither wine nor brandy ; 

 and it was so much required by the wounded and others too, 

 tor it was, as I said, very cold. There arrived help at the 

 right moment ; an English captain, sent by Colonel Cox, 

 brought us a whole waggon-load oi good things, as port wine, 

 sherry, brandy, whiskey, biscuits, condensed milk, etc., not 

 forgetting warm blankets and warm clothing. This Interna- 

 tional Society was indeed a blessing to us, and they were 

 everywhere at the different ' Verbandplatze.' I am sorry that 

 I have not retained the names of the gentlemen who rendered 

 us such good services ; but in fact I was too much occupied 

 always to inquire, and did not know even the names of many 

 with whom 1 worked together for weeks. 1 remember, how- 

 ever, that of an American, Mr. Goodenough, also belonging 

 to the Internationgil Society, and the person, though not the 

 name, of a young Englishman of some noble family, who 

 made himself very useful. 



The English captain did not bring provisions for the 

 wounded only ; it had not been forgotten that other people 

 would require refreshments also, and there was plentv. 



We all had our hands full of work, for Professor Busch had 

 to perform nine amputations ; and in the other room on the 

 straw were lying sixteen mortally wounded, who all died there. 

 I assisted at all the amputations by chloroforming the men ; 

 made hot water, washed off the blood, and cleaned the 

 sponges, knives, and other surgical instruments, etc., whilst 

 soldier servants carried in the wounded, fetched water and 

 what else was required. 



