
"...a horrible existence, but yet..."
I've just been glancing through Dr. Macklin's journal and came across this thought-provoking entry written on August 2, 1916... "It is hard to realize one's position her, living in a smoky, dirty, ramshackle little hut with only just sufficient room to cram us all in: drinking out of a common pot with people suffering from dental caries, etc., and living in close proximity to a man with a large discharging abscess - a horrible existence, but yet, we are pretty happy and our h