8. Quoted in Faust, 97.
9. Ibid., 103.
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Welcome
Map
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Dorothea Dix Goes to War
Chapter 2: The Army Is Unprepared
Chapter 3: Volunteers
Chapter 4: Nurses on the Hospital Transport Ships
Chapter 5: Arriving at Mansion House Hospital
Chapter 6: Learning by Experience
Chapter 7: Becoming Indispensable
Chapter 8: Leaving Mansion House Hospital
Chapter 9: Reporting Back to Duty
Chapter 10: After the War
Afterword: A Different Viewpoint
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Appendix A
Appendix B
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading
Newsletters
Copyright
Copyright
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