Item 54: Friedrich Meier diary, 18 August 1914-August 1915 - Page 126
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<p>[Page 126]</p><p>were taken off me for the duration of my hospital stay. The physician, Captain MacInnes, soon came by and informed me that I was to be operated on the next day, as he wanted to secure the bone with wire. He noted on my patient record: [English quote] "Fracture of right radius, X-ray photo shows malposition of right radius and fragments" [note in parenthesis is in a very different, older-style handwriting, translating the English quote back into German] The nurse had me take some castor oil and began to prepare my arm. It became evident that an abscess, the one caused by the band-aid on the very first day, had not healed properly. Hence surgery was postponed by 5 days, to Wednesday, 4th/9/1918. On Tuesday morning I was woken at 5 o'clock, was given a cup of hot milk and an enema and was told that I would be operated on</p>