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Scarlet Poppies: The Army Experience of Australian Nurses During World War One

Dr Ruth Rae

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Description:Scarlet Poppies includes the international political situation which culminated in the most brutal war of the twentieth century. This war involved hand to hand combat and the wounds which ensued were catastrophic to the soldier and the nurse who witnessed them. The ability of the nurses to deal with the impact of mustard gas, gangrene, shell-shock, amputations and the entire spectrum of communicable diseases ranging from venereal disease to the influenza pandemic with little more than their expertise is graphically illustrated in Scarlet Poppies. Antibiotics were unheard of and basic diagnositic tools such as x-rays were only beginning to be widely used. This book relies heavily on the first hand accounts of the nurses themselves and their honesty demonstrates that those who suffered in the First World War and those who witnessed their pain should be more than a statistic - each soldier and each nurse has a story. The Australian nurses who served overseas in the 1914-18 war were the tall poppies of Australian womanhood. Just as the Australian digger was identified by his slouch hat the Australian nurse was distinguished by her scarlet cape; she wore it with the same level of pride. Qualified nurses were well educated and they held leadership positions in civilian life which enabled them to make the transition to a war environment. Australian nurses cared for the Anzacs on their voyage on the hospital ships and then when they finally reached the relative safety of the Australian General Hospitals in Egypt. Later they nursed the Lighthorseman as they made their way toward Jerusalem and finally to Megiddo. The Western Front was an horrific battlefield and Australian nurses served in the Casualty Clearing Stations where they were sometimes overtaken by the ever-changing frontline. In India, these predominantly white Christian women endured many hardships, including isolation and cultural alienation. During this time the high seas were not safe but nurses on transport duty spent prolonged periods on hospital ships returning soldiers home or back to the front after their recuperation. In France transport duty included living on hospital trains as they moved casualties back and forth between safety and the frontline. The author has relied heavily on primary sources, especially the narratives of the nurses, to tell the story of the First World War from a unique perspective. Scarlet Poppies is a must read for anyone interested in the reality of the First World War from the viewpoint of the (not so) ordinary soldiers and nurses.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Scarlet Poppies: The Army Experience of Australian Nurses During World War One. To get started finding Scarlet Poppies: The Army Experience of Australian Nurses During World War One, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Scarlet Poppies includes the international political situation which culminated in the most brutal war of the twentieth century. This war involved hand to hand combat and the wounds which ensued were catastrophic to the soldier and the nurse who witnessed them. The ability of the nurses to deal with the impact of mustard gas, gangrene, shell-shock, amputations and the entire spectrum of communicable diseases ranging from venereal disease to the influenza pandemic with little more than their expertise is graphically illustrated in Scarlet Poppies. Antibiotics were unheard of and basic diagnositic tools such as x-rays were only beginning to be widely used. This book relies heavily on the first hand accounts of the nurses themselves and their honesty demonstrates that those who suffered in the First World War and those who witnessed their pain should be more than a statistic - each soldier and each nurse has a story. The Australian nurses who served overseas in the 1914-18 war were the tall poppies of Australian womanhood. Just as the Australian digger was identified by his slouch hat the Australian nurse was distinguished by her scarlet cape; she wore it with the same level of pride. Qualified nurses were well educated and they held leadership positions in civilian life which enabled them to make the transition to a war environment. Australian nurses cared for the Anzacs on their voyage on the hospital ships and then when they finally reached the relative safety of the Australian General Hospitals in Egypt. Later they nursed the Lighthorseman as they made their way toward Jerusalem and finally to Megiddo. The Western Front was an horrific battlefield and Australian nurses served in the Casualty Clearing Stations where they were sometimes overtaken by the ever-changing frontline. In India, these predominantly white Christian women endured many hardships, including isolation and cultural alienation. During this time the high seas were not safe but nurses on transport duty spent prolonged periods on hospital ships returning soldiers home or back to the front after their recuperation. In France transport duty included living on hospital trains as they moved casualties back and forth between safety and the frontline. The author has relied heavily on primary sources, especially the narratives of the nurses, to tell the story of the First World War from a unique perspective. Scarlet Poppies is a must read for anyone interested in the reality of the First World War from the viewpoint of the (not so) ordinary soldiers and nurses.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Scarlet Poppies: The Army Experience of Australian Nurses During World War One. To get started finding Scarlet Poppies: The Army Experience of Australian Nurses During World War One, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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