I watching a WWII series ( can't remember the name) they also mentioned that Churchill did not go to a hospital. They also mentioned thou that he didn't go because he couldn't handle seeing the troops injured. G.Sparrow
On Jun 22, 2009, at 15:03, Mike Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > ...Who likes visiting hospitals? ...sometimes a duty... never a > pleasure... MR > > --- On Mon, 6/22/09, Doug Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Doug Russell <[email protected]> > Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill "did not like to visit > hospitals" > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, June 22, 2009, 12:48 PM > > Though not as dramatic as the skin graft episode, Churchill did > visit a military hospital in Natal upon his arrival there in 1899 to > see his Fourth Hussars friend Reggie Barnes who had been wounded in > action in the Boer War. Douglas S. Russell > > > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:17:08 -0700 > > Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill "did not like to visit > hospitals" > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > Churchill himself offers a slightly less heroic, but more humorous > -- > > and human -- account. He sometimes adjusted accounts after, of > course, > > in the case of My Early Life to inspire young men of Britain to > follow > > his example as an average man. Same reason he often focused on > stories > > of how poor he'd been as a student. The phonetics of the accent > are a > > nice touch. > > > > Here's his account from My Early Life: > > > > In Cairo I found Dick Molyneux, a subaltern in the Blues, who like > > myself had been attached to the 2 ist. He had been seriously wounded > > by a sword-cutabove his right wrist. This had severed all the > muscles > > and forced him to drop his revolver. At the same time his horse had > > been shot at close quarters. Molyneux had been rescued from certain > > slaughter by the heroism of one of his troopers. He was now > proceeding > > to England in charge of a hospital nurse. I decided to keep him > > company. While we were talking, the doctor came in to dress his > wound. > > It was a horrible gash, and the doctor was anxious that it should be > > skinned over as soon as possible. He said something in a low tone to > > the nurse, who bared her arm. They retired into a corner, where he > > began to cut a piece of skin off her to transfer to Molyneux's > wound. > > The poor nurse blanched, and the doc tor turned upon me. He was a > > great raw-boned Irishman. 'Oi'll have to take it off you,' he said. > > There was no escape, and as I rolled up my sleeve he added genially, > > "Y'eva heeard of a man being flayed aloive? Well, this is what it > > feels loike." He then proceeded to cut a piece of skin and some > flesh > > about the size of a shilling from the inside of my forearm. My > > sensations as he sawed the razor slowly to and fro fully justified > > his description of the ordeal. However, I managed to hold out > until he > > had cut a beautiful piece of skin with a thin layer of flesh > attached > > to it. This precious fragment was then grafted on to my friend's > > wound. It remains there to this day and did him lasting good in many > > ways. I for my part keep the scar as a souvenir." > > > > > > > > On Jun 17, 5:25 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > Churchill did one better than just a hospital visit to a fellow > officer in his early career during 1898 in the Sudan. Hearing that > fellow officer Richard Molyneaux was badly wounded and needed a skin > graft, he promptly showed up at the hospital and donated a piece of > himself for a skin graft; Churchill received a letter 47 years later > from the donee See a charming description of the incident from WSC > himself on page 100 of "Churchill A Life by Sir Martin Gilbert", the > Owl Book Edition by Henry Holt for the tale (among other sources). > > > > > > Carol > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ChurchillChat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
