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Abondance de soins ne nuit pas! (Abundance of care does not harm!), a comedic representation of nurses as a pampering presence, ca. 1916

National Library of Medicine

Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.
  • A White male soldier in a hospital bed, surrounded by 6 White female nurses, all tending to him.

  • Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.

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    [Postmark] [Illegible] 18 35 13 [illegible]
    Comment on les soigne
    Fantaisies trichromes – A. Noyer. – Paris. – Série no. 41
    Visé Paris. – 212
    Fabrication française.
    [Handwriting] Monte Carlo 15/9 Quel est celui qui voudrait être à sa place? [illegible]
    [Handwriting] Messieur Le [illegible]

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    [Postmark] [Illegible] 18 35 13 [illegible]
    How they heal
    Trichromatic fantasies – A. Noyer. – Paris. – Series no. 41
    Printed in Paris. – 212
    French manufacture.
    [Handwriting] Monte Carlo September 15 Who wouldn't like to be in his place? [illegible]
    [Handwriting] Mr. The [illegible]

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