A nation at bay, what an American woman saw and did in suffering Serbia (1918) (14779719924)

Identifier: nationatbaywhata00farn (find matches)
Title: A nation at bay, what an American woman saw and did in suffering Serbia
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Farnam, Ruth Mrs., (Stanley), 1873- (from old catalog)
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merril company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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e leg and no arms,men whose heads had been broken by shrapnel orshell splinters lying paralyzed, their tragic eyesfollowing us as we passed. Young boys withminds unbalanced, sound of body but equally help-less, watched us stupidly, or shouted the mirth-less laugh of sheer madness. There was not room enough in the hospitals norsufficient medical supplies for all the soldiers,so little or nothing could be done for the civilpopulation. Mrs. St. Clair Stobart, a fine English woman,did establish roadside dispensaries where womenand children could receive treatment. But, valu-able as her work was, it was only a drop in thebucket of the awful need. Only for typhus couldaid be given elsewhere, for of course it was impera-tive that this disease be utterly stamped out. One day a woman staggered up to MajorBanks hospital and, falling on the door-step, died.With her were two little children, both within afew hours of death. A corner of a crowded wardwas cleared for them and I saw them just before
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