KNOWN BY HER WORK.
A little anecdote illustrative of the <;oo(l opinion which has been formed of the work of the New Zealand nurses in the hospitals in Cairo runs as follows: —A man with a badly-shattered leg was brought into the operating theatre of one of the big hospitals there. The operating surgeon, a man very eminent in his profession, before examining the leg, glanced al the way in which it had been prepared. "I'll bet you what you like," he said, turning to the doctor beside him, ''that this leg has been prepared by a New Zeal;i nd nurse! '' "What makes you think so?" said the other. "Because of: the way in which it has been got ready. It is excellently done.'' "Well, I'll enquire," said the other. As a result of the enquiries it was found to be the work of a New Zealand nurse, just as the surgeon stated. And this has been by no means an isolated
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 617, 1 February 1916, Page 4
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