I have got installed in a large ward of officers, which is quite comfortable and pleasant. I saw Major Robert James when he came around about three o’clock; he said he would have my arm cut as Damer has said, on the next operation day.

25 November 1915. Letter from Michael T. Sampson to his father John Sampson, University Librarian, from hospital [Sampson Archive SP8/1/2/10/90]. This week’s war: 69.