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Ellen LaMotte (1873 - 1961) was an American nurse, journalist and author. She began her nursing career as a tuberculosis nurse in Baltimore and then served as an army nurse in Europe during World War I. After that she traveled to Asia where she saw the effects of opium addiction. The Backwash of War (1934) was based on her diaries kept during her time at the front. La Motte speaks of her time in an army hospital in France as periods of boredom...

Excerpt from Civilization: Tales of the OrientHE came out to Shanghai a generation ago, in those days when Shanghai was not as re spectable as it is now - whatever that says to you. It was, of course, a great change from Home, and its crude pleasures and crude com panions gave him somewhat of a shock. For he was of decent stock, with a certain sense of the fitness of things, and the beach-combers, adventurers, rough traders and general riff ra...

Excerpt from The Opium MonopolyJ Philippines, which although a subject country, has never had the opium traffic established as part of the machinery of an alien government.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, p...

Excerpt from The Tuberculosis Nurse: Her Function and Her Qualifications, A Handbook for Practical Workers in the Tuberculosis CampaignOn the other hand are those who direct their efforts towards cultivating the soil. Reliable studies inform us that ninety per cent. Of the human race is tuberculosis infected, and that infec tion occurs at a very early age, so that at twelve years few children have escaped it. Relatively a small number of those...

Excerpt from The Backwash of War, the Human Wreckage of the Battlefield, as Witnessed by an American Hospital NurseAfter this war, there will be many other wars, and in the intervals there will be peace. So it will alternate for many generations. By examining the things cast up in the back wash, we can gauge the progress of humanity. When clean little lives, when clean little souls boil up in the backwash, they will consolidate, after the fina...

Excerpt from The Opium Monopoly J Philippines, which although a subject country, has never had the opium traffic established as part of the machinery of an alien government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the...

Excerpt from The Backwash of War, the Human Wreckage of the Battlefield, as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse After this war, there will be many other wars, and in the intervals there will be peace. So it will alternate for many generations. By examining the things cast up in the back wash, we can gauge the progress of humanity. When clean little lives, when clean little souls boil up in the backwash, they will consolidate, after the fi...

Excerpt from The Tuberculosis Nurse: Her Function and Her Qualifications, A Handbook for Practical Workers in the Tuberculosis Campaign On the other hand are those who direct their efforts towards cultivating the soil. Reliable studies inform us that ninety per cent. Of the human race is tuberculosis infected, and that infec tion occurs at a very early age, so that at twelve years few children have escaped it. Relatively a small number of tho...

Excerpt from Civilization: Tales of the Orient HE came out to Shanghai a generation ago, in those days when Shanghai was not as re spectable as it is now - whatever that says to you. It was, of course, a great change from Home, and its crude pleasures and crude com panions gave him somewhat of a shock. For he was of decent stock, with a certain sense of the fitness of things, and the beach-combers, adventurers, rough traders and general riff ...