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> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
