The man in the next bed to mine was treated for something every two hours; and nearly all the other beds were treated three or four times during the night.

For all these treatments the lights blazed about twenty times each night, and some of the treatments were very noisy.

At 6.30 a.m., in the dark, the nurse came round, and anyone who was not dying was turned out of bed.
Why, I know not: there was no heat in the place.

If you were well enough you went off to a soaking sort of scullery and heated some water over a gas-jet and shaved.

If you were not well enough, you sat in your dressing-gown on a chair.