large/6798/withturkspalestine_1301_librivox_64kb_mp3/withtheturksinpalestine_06_aaronsohn_64kb_79
large/6798/withturkspalestine_1301_librivox_64kb_mp3/withtheturksinpalestine_06_aaronsohn_64kb
English
6798
Visits of British aeroplanes to Beersheba were common occurrences. VISITS OF BRITISH AEROPLANES TO BELSHVER WERE COMMON OCCURRENCES
bers succumbed to starvation and neglect. Their great carcasses dotted the sand in all directions; it was only the wonderful antiseptic power of the Eastern sun that held pestilence in check. The soldiers themselves suffered much hardship. The crowding in the tents was unspeakable; the water-supply was almost as inadequate as the medical service, which consisted chiefly of volunteer Red Crescent societies--among them a unit of twenty German nurses sent by the American College at Beirut. Medical supplies, such as they were, had been taken from the different mission hospitals and pharmacies of Palestine--these "requisitions" being made by officers who knew nothing of medical requirements and simply scooped together everything in sight. As a result, one of the army physicians told me that in Beersheba he had opened some medical chests consigned to him and found, to his horror, that they were full of microscopes and gynecological instruments--for the care of wounded soldiers in the desert! DIBLE NUMBERS SUCCUMBED TO STARVATION AND NEGLECT THEIR GREAT CARCASSES DOTTED THE SAND IN ALL DIRECTIONS IT WAS THE ONLY WONDERFUL ANTISEPTIC POWER OF THE EASTERN SUN THAT HELD THE PESTILENCE IN CHECK THE SOLDIERS THEMSELVES SUFFERED FROM MUCH HARDSHIP THE CROWDING IN THE TENTS WERE UNSPEAKABLE THE WATER SUPPLY WAS ALMOST AS INADEQUATE AS THE MEDICAL SERVICE WHICH CONSISTED CHIEFLY OF VOLUNTEER RED CRESENT SOCIETIES AMONG THEM A UNIT OF TWENTY GERMAN NURSES SENT BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF BURROTT MEDICAL SUPPLIES SUCH AS THEY WERE HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM THE DIFFERENT MISSION HOSPITALS AND PHARMACIES OF PALESTINE THESE REQUISITIONS BEING MADE BY OFFICERS WHO KNEW NOTHING OF MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS AND SIMPLY SCOOPED TOGETHER EVERYTHING IN SIGHT AS A RESULT ONE OF THE ARMY PHYSICIANS TOLD ME THAT IN BEECHEVER HE HAD OPENED SOME MEDICAL CHESTS CONSIGNED TO HIM AND FOUND TO HIS HORROR THAT THEY WERE FULL OF MICROSCOPES AND GYNECOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR THE CARE OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS IN THE DESERT
large/6798/withturkspalestine_1301_librivox_64kb_mp3/withtheturksinpalestine_06_aaronsohn_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/6798/withturkspalestine_1301_librivox_64kb_mp3/withtheturksinpalestine_06_aaronsohn_64kb.flac