THE TALE OF A FIELD HOSPITAL – FREDERICK TREVES

`AORDINARY TO H.M.,THE QUEEN; SURGEON-IN-ORDINARY TO H.R.H., THE DUKE OF YORK; CONSULTING SURGEON TO THE LONDON HOSPITAL ; LATE CONSULTING SURGEON WITH H.M. TROOPS IN SOUTH AFRICA. THE NO 4 STATIONERY FIELD HOSPITAL REACHED SPEARMAN’S FARM ON 16TH JANUARY 1900, AND WAS LOCATED THERE FOR A PERIOD OF THREE WEEKS. DR TREVES RECORDED THAT OVER 1000 WOUNDED WERE TREATED IN THE HOSPITAL IN THAT PERIOD. ON THURSDAY JANUARY 25TH, THE DAY AFTER THE BATTLE OF SPIOENKOP, NEARLY 600 WOUNDED SOLDIERS AND OTHERS WERE TREATED IN THE HOSPITAL  THE NO 4 STATIONARY FIELD HOSPITAL WAS PITCHED NO FEWER THAN SIX TIMES UNTIL THE LULL AFTER LADYSMITH – TWICE AT FRERE, TWICE AT CHIEVELY, ONCE AT SPEARMAN’S AND ONCE AT SPRINGFIELD.