Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield
Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield
Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield
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<strong>Anna</strong> Tittm 1 164<br />
is that we didn't get them soon enom I think.<br />
Q. By the tim they cam to you they were in bad shape.<br />
A. Some <strong>of</strong> them. Now that little baby with the<br />
didnl t know what was the matter with it, you<br />
wasn't a feedfng case at all, it was a<br />
Q. Was that operation perfomd on the boat? 1<br />
A. Yes, it was. It was on rry waud, there it was cared f4r.<br />
Q. Did any <strong>of</strong> your personnel ever get seasick? I<br />
A. No, we didn't go out if it was too row a day to be<br />
Q. Would you just stay tied up at the wharf?<br />
A. We didn't have rmmy days that we dLdnVt get out. If fQle captain's<br />
judgemnt would be that, maybe we would start back<br />
a storm. We'd see a lot <strong>of</strong> things. For instance, I s<br />
corn down the bay with all their colors floating. It<br />
somthing vexy new for a mid-western little-town girl<br />
one s m r to the next with a fMly at LgnnvfLlle o<br />
where the mother was somewhat mentally disturbed.<br />
a well baby and a little girl about five years old,<br />
It was just a small horre, cottage. The n m was, I don't<br />
but he was a white shirt man. So I stayed with them all r. I had to<br />
bring the baby in to this fmus Dr. bmis every s<br />
think it was<br />
every two mnths for examinatians. He was alright,<br />
left when the boat started up the next smr.<br />
Q. You stayed there that whole winter?<br />
e<br />
I<br />
A. Yes. I don't think I asked for. a full nurses salary qomething like<br />
that. Well I could. Besides that, the housekeeper got a tihe mala.<br />
&. Did you enjoy Udng in Boston?<br />
I i<br />
A. I liked it, it was dl4ferent. Once this DY. Richard<br />
rn for a position at Massachusetts General Hospital in t<br />
rent and I went over to see this worn I'd seen at nab1<br />
tions, the superintendent <strong>of</strong> nurses, and I decided that<br />
position. I have forgotten, it was assistant head nurs<br />
in their wwd. But Massachusetts General would be a go<br />
experience in. But it bmught forth a good many interes<br />
tims I stayed longer and went and saw the sights, you kn<br />
the revolutionary history, and what not that they have a1<br />
Q. Did you get out to Concord and Lexington?<br />
A. Yes, well I took in everythhg I could. Now where -1 we?
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