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300 300 A Short History of Nursing and met many of the men whose generous attitude she had described. The war temporarily suspended Belgian nursing activity. Miss Cavell, as all the world knows, was foully murdered by military despotism in its most hideous form, but her name and fame will last while memory cherishes its heroes. In these countries religious orders had been supreme in nursing until the time of the Spanish- _, , American war. When that was over Cuba and the Philip- the Sisters were recalled to their pines motherhouses in Spain, and a very complete reorganization of hospital work took place, accompanied by extensive sanitary under- takings of the American government, designed to eradicate yellow fever and malaria, and to combat tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. ' Many American women had been occupied with war nursing in Cuba. Among them were well- known leaders and organizers and from these, when the war ended, the United States Govern- ment selected women for reconstruction. Lucy Quintard, Sarah S. Henry and Mary A. O'Donnell laid the foundations. Eugenie Hibbard had the longest service and in many ways identified herself especially with Cuban hospital reform. New hospitals were built by the United States Govern-