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The Staff of the Military Hospital, Endell St. W. C.
AUGUST 1916.
(Photo, Panora Ltd.) Frontispiece
WOMEN AS ARMY
SURGEONS
BEING THE HISTORY OF THE WOMEN’S
HOSPITAL CORPS IN PARIS, WIMEREUX
AND ENDELL STREET
SEPTEMBER 1914-OCTOBER 1919
BY
FLORA MURRAY
C.B.E., M.D., D.P.H.
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LIMITED LONDON
TO
LOUISA GARRETT ANDERSON
‘Bold, cautious, true and my loving comrade’
TO THE WOMEN’S HOSPITAL CORPS
Dear Fellow Members—This little book has been written for you and for your pleasure.
Your work was too good to be left unrecorded;and though in these pages I have said little inpraise, yet if you will read between the lines youwill find there a very genuine affection for eachone of you, and admiration and pride for yourcourage and endurance. I ask you to acceptWomen as Army Surgeons in memory of ‘EndellStreet.’
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FLORA MURRAY.
PREFACE
This record of the work of the Women’s HospitalCorps in France, and especially at the MilitaryHospital, Endell Street, is a valuable contributionto the literature of the Woman Movement. Dr.Flora Murray and Dr. Garrett Anderson madehistory at Endell Street. Through their initiative,endeavour, and efficiency they opened thedoors to further fields of opportunity for womenphysicians and surgeons, and not only for medicalwomen, but for all women who are setting out, orhave already set out to conquer fresh territory.We owe them a debt of gratitude, the recognitionof which will become even more accentuated asthe years go on.
It would be difficult to put into words the pridewith which the members of the Women’s HospitalCorps served their country in the Great War underthe only woman Lieutenant-Colonel in the BritishArmy. For this was the rank of Dr. Flora Murraywhen acting as Doctor-in-Charge at the MilitaryHospital, Endell Street. The War Office withheldfrom her both the title and the outward andviiivisible signs of authority. But the position, withits responsibilities, pains, and penalties, was