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Title: Claire : a romance of American nursehood
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Hart, Edwin Kirkman American Sunday-School Union
Subjects: Nurses Nursing
Publisher: Philadelphia : published by the author for sale by the American Sunday-School Union
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
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all for more than aweek. You must do better to-day, nurse/ asMiss Blake came in. Yes, Doctor/ promised Claire, Ill have agood sleep to-day. Thats right, and looking steadily into thesmiling face of the patient, he said, It is allright. Soon as he reached his office he sentthis telegram to John Williams, at Harley: Go right down, with your biggest smile, andtell Mother Woodley her boy is safe in the harboronce more. His recovery will be rapid. Giveher and Mrs. Randolph my love, and the samefrom Claire. Walter Clarke. In St. Davids, the next Sunday morning, whenthe visiting minister read the prayer of thanks-giving for recovery from illness, the congregationremained with bowed heads for several minutes.Every one was trying to conceal the emotion felt.After the service, Mother Woodley was sur-rounded by her loving people, all wishing toshow their happiness over their pastors hopefulcondition. It was expected that he would bewith them a fortnight later, if not able to conductthe service.
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A ROMANCE OF NURSEHOOD 120, The young ministers recovery was even morerapid than had been expected. His fine consti-tution had not been undermined. There hadbeen no public notice of his illness, and few ofhis brethren knew of it. When the Bishopreturned to the city, he made an early visit toSt. Anns, as was his worit, and was much sur-prised to learn of the incident. This simply shows, he said, in his heartyway, that all the heroes did not go down atBalaklava nor at Gettysburg. No indeed! Wehave as brave men to-day as ever lived, and Improud of them. My dear brother, I rejoice greatlyto see you on the way to health again. Andwhat a fine thing it was that St. Anns was righthere, to care for you. Ah! the people do notknow the great work our hospitals are doing.They are the handmaids of the church, grandlyillustrating the true principles of Christianity.I think the press ought to give more space torecording these things; the effort we are makingto save men, women and children for this li

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