Instructions

What is her viewpoint of the conditions at the hospital?

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The hospital conditions are very bad according to Florence. There are lots of horrible injuries to cope with and she has written the letter to show the people in England how bad the hospital conditions are. She has to deal with 540 men arriving last minute and has very little time to prepare for their arrival: “No time to move them”. Florence gives a sense of how horrible it is as she talks about all the injuries in a very graphic way “an average of three limbs per man” and she also describes a man who has “stumps for arms”.

  • They have little time to prepare for the wounded;
  • She has little time during the day;
  • There is “Horror and Misery” there;
  • The number of wounded is very high – 540 wounded;
  • It is tiring – “fatigue”
  • It is very busy there “every ten minutes…”
  • Injuries are horrific – three limbs per man;
  • There is much death/despair “last hope”;
  • It is overcrowded “no room for Corpses”;
  • The injuries are random – “Balls…go in where they like”