There are many people to write you of the noble side, the heroic side, the exalted side of war. I must write you of what I have seen, the other side, the backwas.
Ellen Newbold La Motte

Ellen Newbold La Motte (1873-1961) was an American nurse, journalist and author. She is known for her book The Backwash of War in which she chronicled her experience as a nurse in World War I in an often bitter and cynical manner. She was also a leading practitioner in the treatment of tuberculosis and an advocate for addressing opium addiction in China.