Item 54: Friedrich Meier diary, 18 August 1914-August 1915 - Page 129
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<p>[Page 129]</p><p>the taste of ether and chloroform in my mouth slowly dissipated. At 4pm I already received a proper meal. When I began to feel more pain in the evening, I was given a morphine injection and slept pretty much right through. The pain was strongest on the day after the operation, but in the evening they began to let up and on the following day I was already up and about again. Thus I was bedridden for just 2 days, and the Australian soldier next to me (Rudder) really looked after me during that time, anticipating my every need. In general, the soldiers who shared my ward were very decent and courteous towards me. The treatment by the doctors, nurses and orderlies was very good, one was treated just as well as the Tommies. (Sister[s] Sinclair, MacNamara, Lowie; privates Whatmore, Pyke, Thew, Callow, Carrol)</p>