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The backwash of war : an extraordinary American nurse in World War I
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Details
- Creator
- by Ellen N. La Motte ; edited with an introduction and biography by Cynthia Wachtell, editor
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2019]
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (x, 239 pages)
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9781421426723, 1421426722, 9781421426716, 1421426714, 9781421426716
- OCLC
- on1083763226
- Includes index.
- Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Biography; Chronology; The Backwash of War: The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse; Introduction to 1916 Edition; Introduction to 1934 Edition; Heroes; La Patrie Reconnaissante; The Hole in the Hedge; Alone; A Belgian Civilian; The Interval; Women and Wives; Pour la Patrie; Locomotor Ataxia; A Surgical Triumph; At the Telephone; A Citation; An Incident; Esmeralda; War Essays by Ellen N. La Motte; An American Nurse in Paris; Under Shell-Fire at Dunkirk; A Joy Ride
- Significant Publications by Ellen N. La MotteNotes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Illustrations
Subjects
- La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- Western Front.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Hospitals.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Casualties.
- Soldiers -- France -- History -- 20th century.
- Nurses -- United States -- Biography.
- Military nursing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.