Thursday, January 10, 2008

Helen Burrey

Helen Burrey worked on a hospital train during the span of the war (World War I.) Through out the war she wrote about what happened on the hospital train she was on. Here are some of the things that she said.

"The rest of the train consisted of sixteen coaches, including one infectious car which carried eighteen beds; one staff car which carried eight beds; one kitchen and sitting sick officers' car which carried three beds and twenty seats; eight ordinary lying ward cars which carried 288 beds; one pharmacy car; one infectious case sitting car which carried fifty-six seats and fourteen upper berths; one kitchen and mess car with three beds for cooks; one personnel car with thirty beds and one train crew and store car; the total capacity of the train was thus 400 beds.Each moving hospital was equipped with electric lights, steam heat, electric fans, lavatories and racks for personal belongings and even ash trays for the patients' indulgence. There were eight ordinary ward cars for patients containing thirty-six beds arranged in tiers of three. These could easily be converted into seats to accommodate patients who were able to sit up; they could also be used for stretchers in emergency cases or folded against the sides of the coach when the cars required cleaning."

In summary she talked about living conditions, the wounded that she had to treat and just about her life on the train.

39 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

u here for a project too?

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Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

I'm guessing the person above me is here for English too!

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Anonymous said...

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Unknown said...

I'm here for a project in world studies (history.) Mr. Hageeeenn

Anonymous said...

Lol we're all just here for projects apparently

Unknown said...

LOOOOL English project - BORED TEENAGER

Anonymous said...

isnt everyone here for their All Quiet on the Western Front unit?

Anonymous said...

yup

Unknown said...

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Anonymous said...

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mike hawk said...

whos here for yafi? sophomore ww1 trench journal

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Unknown said...

anybody here still? Also who's got Xiao from genshin impact

Unknown said...

Im also here for a project

Anonymous said...

im here for all quiet on the western front for world history im in Nebraska

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Nebraska gang / y'all not going to talk about the above comment. Sheesh

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Unknown said...

This link has all the info you need for the project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Unknown said...

This link has all the info for the All Quiet on the Western Front questions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Unknown said...

pfft someone's really talking about genshin impact on a world war I post. I really delayed my world history project for a month.. was worth it because I watched jojo instead :0

sampling said...

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