Record Number: 32078
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Rhea and his staff are hard at work—Rhea working more particularly at the bacteriology of wounds with special reference to anaërobes ... Jack McCrae looked very fit, but acknowledged that it was impossible to get down to reading. The papers in the medical journals seemed to him sadly small and piffling in view of the great issues of the war.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jun 1915 and 4 Sep 1915
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Dannes-Camiers
specific address: No. 3 Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne Road
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:30 Nov 1872
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Major (Field Surgeon), 1st Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Canada
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[medical journals]
Genre:Medicine
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32078
Source:Manuscript
Author:John George Adami
Title:Record of Inspections of Canadian Hospitals in France, 1915
Location:Wellcome Library, London
Call No:MS 849
Page/Folio:n/a
Additional Information:
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Citation:
John George Adami, Record of Inspections of Canadian Hospitals in France, 1915, Wellcome Library, London, MS 849, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32078, accessed: 20 May 2024
Additional Comments:
While clearly evidence of some form of reading, this passage also testifies to the difficulties of obtaining the psychological and physical space necessary for intensive reading during the war. McCrae would die, of influenza brought about in part by exhaustion, on 28 January 1918.
