Nurses On Horseback

Nurses - On Horseback By Ernest Poole New York The Macmillan Company 1932 W - d pq CoraiGHT, 1932, BY ERNEST POOLE AH rights reserved no part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in magazine or newspaper. Set upMprmted. Published September, 1932. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OP AMERICA NORWOOD PRESS LINOTYPE, INC, NORWOOD, MASS., U. S. A. To M. A. ILLUSTRATIONS NURSES ON HORSEBACK Frontispiece Inset MARY BRECKINRIDGE FACING PAGE AN OLD MIDWIFE 10 A GREAT-GRANDMOTHER 10 NURSE VISITING A CABIN 10 FATHER AND SON 10 FATHER AND DAUGHTER 10 HUNTING SQUIRRELS 10 A MOUNTAIN MOTHER 11 A KENTUCKY MOUNTAINEER 11 BEECH FORK CENTER 24 BARN AT WENDOVER AND COURIERS 24 FORDING RED BIRD RIVER 25 CARRYING A SICK BABY TO HOSPITAL 25 A DOCTORS FIELD CLINIC 25 BRINGING AN ACCIDENT CASE ACROSS THE RIVER 4 2 TRANSPORTING INJURED MOUNTAINEER 42 BRINGING AN ACCIDENT CASE OVER A MOUN TAIN CLINIC DAY AT A CENTER 43 CHILDRENS SLEEPING PORCH AT HOSPITAL 82 IN THE BABIES WARD AT HOSPITAL 82 vii Illustrations FACING PAGE THE TWINS WHEN BROUGHT TO THE HOS PITAL 83 THE TWINS AFTER TREATMENT 83 MARY AND MARTHA MORGAN AND TWO OTHER TODDLERS 83 OLD MIDWIFE AND HER GRANDDAUGHTER, NOW IN CARE OF THE FRONTIER NURSES 94 NANCY ODRISCOLL 94 CHILDREN IN CABIN ON HURRICANE CREEK 94 A FRONTIER NURSE IN A MOUNTAIN HOME 95 NANCY OD ISCOLLS CLINIC AT CUTSHIN 95 A MOUNTAIN SCHOOL 95 CLINIC AT BRUTUS CENTER 104 THE CENTER AT BRUTUS 104 LOGGING ON RED BIRD RIVER 105 A CROSSROADS STORE 105 ONE OF THE SLEDGES COMMONLY USED ON MOUNTAIN TRAILS INSTEAD OF WAGONS 105 RED BIRD CENTER112 RED BIRD CENTER LIVING ROOM 112 NURSES WRITING UP THEIR RECORDS AT FLAT CREEK CENTER H3 FLAT CREEK CENTER 113 FORDING THE MIDDLE FORK 142 RED BIRD RIVER CENTER 142 MOTHERS COMING IN TO CLINIC 143 GIRLS BEING TAUGHT BABY CARE 143 MOTHERS CLUB AT RED BIRD 143 via NURSES ON HORSEBACK Nurses on Horseback CHAPTER I DOWN in the Kentucky mountains snow was falling, late at night, in a lonely region cold and still, the giant beech trees white like ghosts and the small cottage on the hillside dark, its occupants asleep. But a dog began to bark in side, as a voice called up from the trail below Hello, nurses 1 Hello, hello I A window was opened, a nurse looked out and saw a man in an overcoat with a lantern on a shaggy mule. That you, Mr. Rainey Yes, My womans punishin mighty bad. We didnt aim to ask you to ride out on such a turrible night, but Thats all right Im used to it. Til be right