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The Backwash of War, by Ellen N. La Motte
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Title: The Backwash of War The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse
Author: Ellen N. La Motte
Release Date: October 12, 2008 [EBook #26884]
Language: English
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By Ellen N. La Motte
The Tuberculosis Nurse
The Backwash of War
The Backwash of War
The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse
By Ellen N. La Motte
G. P. Putnam's Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press 1916
Copyright, 1916 BY ELLEN N. LA MOTTE
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
To MARY BORDEN-TURNER
"The Little Boss"
TO WHOM I OWE MY EXPERIENCE IN THE ZONE OF THE ARMIES
INTRODUCTION
This war has been d