Diary of Alice Ross-King, 1917-1919 - Part 5

Feb 1919  On the "City of York"
Not worth starting a new
diary. Some things
I want to remember. 
Red Cross Hostel. Scabralat
Tales of Hoffman 
RX Paris - Mrs E.V Lucas.

presentation copy "Wind 
in the Willows."
Mention in Dispatches 3rd
time. RRC and letter 

from Birdie. 

Big Theatre day - Surgeons 

from Paris London & 

Manchester to do an 

Aortic Aneurism. died 

on table.         

Hospital moved to Sutton 

Veney Salisbury Plains 
Nursing Staff first. 

English M.O.s and 

orderlies. 

Shocking conditions. Slush 

& snow. I'm Night Supt.

4 P.O.W. Wards. No 

sisters. R A M.C Orderly

Very poor type. I heard one 

man moaning. I said 

to the orderly who was 

just about asleep. "What 

is up with that Man." He 

said "Oh he is always 

calling out." I went & 

had a look at the patient

a German prisoner. He 

was on a wooden splint 

badly twisted. I took it 

down. It had not been 

dressed for ages. The whole 

Calf muscle sloughed out 
when I removed the dressing 

- and they talk about German 

atrocities

Another P.O.W. had an Ampd

leg. healed. He was getting 

about the ward helping. 

A young M.O. wanted to 

do an Op. They re ampd

and the boy died from 

Haem. We are all feeling

shocked and hope our 

men take over before long. 

I asked to take leave & 

see a bit of England. 

before returning to Aust. 

Was told the seniors were

wanted back to organize

Repatriation Hospitals in 

Australia. I don't 

care anyhow. This is 

a mixed ship. Troops 

and Civilians. A party 

of Jews returning to 

Palestine for the first time 

tea planters for Ceylon

who hate the Jews & are 

horribly rude to them. 

The troops are glad to be going

home but are wondering

how they will fit in again. 

There is a good Padre on 

board. Best I have met. 

Spends all his time with

the men instead of hanging

round the sisters. Not 

much sickness on board 

I'm in charge. Roster for 

2 hrs a day.  S.M.O not 

bad. engaged to a girl 

in Geelong & feels he doesn't 

want to marry her. If 

only Harry could be here! 

May Bartley on board & 

generally a happy crowd 

Topsy Tyson has died of 

Spanish flue. The 

English sent her off

to an Infectious Hosp & 

she was away from us.

If they had only returned 

her to her unit we would 

have specialled her.

Mrs Prior "St Austell" College Rd 

Somerton  Adelaide.
F.B.M. 
c/o Union Bank of Aust.

71 Cornhill. London EC

Blue - H.J.

4^th  Aust'ⁿ Depot Unit Supply 

A.P.O.4.

Anne.

944 Lygon St

N. Carlton.

Kilty's Father (33 Hut - A. Coy, No 5 Coy 

4^th Command Dpt
Codf

4930. CH. Maidens

A Coy. 13^th  Battⁿ

11^th Aust Div.

Bob. Stewart 21611

15^th F. Amb.

C.H.K. Birthday 17^th Jan. 

[*W.H. Ellwood

B. Coy 

24^th Batt.

A.I.F.*]

E.S.& A. Bank 11. 2. 17

Mrs Summerville 8. 2. 17

Col. Cus. 8. 2.17

Major Spurge. Camp 20

Canada Lines

Larkhill Wilts 

Frank Prior 3360 Sig.

43^rd  Btn

3 Div Sig School

Fovant. Camp 4. 

Ada 

Colaba War Hospital 

Bombay. 

Cyril 

Admiralty Experimental

Station.

Parkeston Quay 

Essex 

Or 12 Brooklyn Rd

Dovercourt Bay. Essex

Minnie Knight

"Ecclesbourne" Bensham

Bensham Manor Rd 

Thornton Heath. Eng. 

Frank Smith.

Wireless Engineers

Moore Park Sydney
Ramsay Webb. Nat Bank of Australasia
5 Bishops Gate St. London E.C.
Dorothy Moffit
62 Balwyn Rd. Canterbury. Vic.

Janet Murray. 'Morningside.' Kyneton.

Major F.H. Langlands

W. Mac Gwyer & Co.

18 Coleman St 

London E. C.

Maj Rapers D.S O

7 Wellington St 

Dundee

Biniodide Mercury & Aether

prep. of Catgut

Roll gut on glass reels.

Place in Merk's Aether

24 hrs. lift out ċ

sterile forceps into 

first Aether.

Dissolve 1 Tab Biniodide

in 3 id water - boil over flame 

Add. This to 3x alcohol

or R. Spirits = 

Sol- 1. 500.

leave for 14 days 

use from alcohol.  

Prep. Catgut. (Iodide.) 

Claudine Meth. 

Roll on reels &

place in Fol. Sol.

Pot Iod. Gr. i

Iod gr 1

dist water C.C. 100.

leave in this Sol 4 days 

Ready for use. before

using wash well in 

(Sterile Water!) 

As a modification

of this method place 

the Gut in a Sol

Iod    1 part

Rech. 15 "

And leave for four days.

Wash in alcohol

& use from alcohol.

Prep. of Chromic Gut.

Role gut into loose loops 

secure end.

Put in 10% sol of Chrom

ie Acid 10 minutes.

It will turn orange

color. Then put in 

Sol of Sulphurous Acid

1 - 3 water 1o minutes

Orange turns to Green 

After wds place in

biniodid & rech Spirits 

1 - 250. for 7 days.

Renew Sol & leave

for another 7 days.

When it will be ready 

for use. Keep in 

1 - 500 Bin & Rech. 

Lord Lister's method.

The preparing liquid

must be 20 times the 

weight of gut.

For 40 grs of gut 800 grs

lig required. 

It is made by mixing 

2 lig - 

Chrom Sulph xx 4 gr. 240 water 

Sublimate lig 2 gr. 320 water 

prep as above

Iod. Gauze.

to 3 yds gauze -

10 drams of iod

powd. 6 oz salt Sol

soap suds.

mix puls & suds ċ

cut gauze.

Excision of tongue jaw etc. 

sm retractors 

Mouth Gag 

Tenac forceps.

Sponge holders 

Hare lip pins 

Heys saw  

Ord - saw

bone cutting forceps etc. 

Tracheotomy set.

teeth forceps