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A postcard from a Christian hymn series featuring a nurse as comforting presence for a wounded soldier, ca. 1916

National Library of Medicine

A White female nurse in blue and white tending to a wounded White male soldier on the battlefield.
  • A White female nurse in blue and white tending to a wounded White male soldier on the battlefield.

  • Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.

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    Jesu, lover of my soul (2).
    Other refuge have I none, Hangs my helpless soul on Thee; Leave, ah! Leave me not alone, Still support and comfort me. All my trust on Thee is stay'd, All my help from Thee I bring; Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of Thy wing.
    Bamforth (copyright)

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