When my grandfather was an Intern at Brooklyn Hospital in 1902, he served as Ambulance Surgeon for the first six months. He was called to the 49th Precinct to bandage the arm of this woman who looks extremely irritated about being there. He recorded that he stitched and bandaged a laceration, but did not explain more, so we’re left to speculate why she was arrested.
It was during this time that he met my grandmother, who was training as a nurse, and became Head Operating Room nurse the following year, a story you can follow in my new book, The Girl Who Talked Too Much.
Mark your calendars for November 29, when I’ll be having a book signing at Mitchell’s Coffee House downtown. Come in for delicious coffee and yummies, and take a look at my books.
Ann Dickinson Sargent 