[Illustration: _The Staff of the Military Hospital, Endell St. W. C._ _AUGUST 1916._ (_Photo, Panora Ltd._) _Frontispiece_ ] WOMEN AS ARMY SURGEONS BEING THE HISTORY OF THE WOMEN’S HOSPITAL CORPS IN PARIS, WIMEREUX AND ENDELL STREET SEPTEMBER 1914-OCTOBER 1919 BY FLORA MURRAY C.B.E., M.D., D.P.H. HODDER AND STOUGHTON LIMITED LONDON TO LOUISA GARRETT ANDERSON ‘Bold, cautious, true and my loving comrade’ TO THE WOMEN’S HOSPITAL CORPS Dear Fellow Members--This little book has been written for you and for your pleasure. Your work was too good to be left unrecorded; and though in these pages I have said little in praise, yet if you will read between the lines you will find there a very genuine affection for each one of you, and admiration and pride for your courage and endurance. I ask you to accept _Women as Army Surgeons_ in memory of ‘Endell Street.’ FLORA MURRAY. PREFACE This record of the work of the Women’s Hospital Corps in France, and especially at the Military Hospital, Endell Street, is a valuable contribution to the literature of the Woman Movement. Dr. Flora Murray and Dr. Garrett Anderson made history at Endell Street. Through their initiative, endeavour, and efficiency they opened the doors to further fields of opportunity for women physicians and surgeons, and not only for medical women, but for all women who are setting out, or have already set out to conquer fresh territory. We owe them a debt of gratitude, the recognition of which will become even more accentuated as the years go on. It would be difficult to put into words the pride with which the members of the Women’s Hospital Corps served their country in the Great War under the only woman Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army. For this was the rank of Dr. Flora Murray when acting as Doctor-in-Charge at the Military Hospital, Endell Street. The War Office withheld from her both the title and the outward and visible signs of authority. But the position, with its responsibilities, pains, and penalties, was hers, and it is well known how she and the Chief Surgeon, Dr. Louisa Garrett Anderson, rose to the demands of the occasion.