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“When the war broke out in Italy I wished to see again the land where my ancestors had fought and where I had made my first campaigns under the excellent prince Eugene.”1 One might suppose that the writer of those words intended, like his countryman Charles Furne, to be a spectator. But the Marquis de Bryas had another purpose in mind. For many years he had devoted himself to agronomy, specializing in matters of drainage. Gradually he had come to see a “natural” link between the science of improving the soil and “ideas of progress and philanthropy.”2 Now in June 1859, the war in Italy offered Bryas an opportunity to help his fellow man. The wounded needed attention, and the French army medical services were overwhelmed. The Marquis had no medical training or experience, but, as a former mayor of Bordeaux and deputy in the Assembly, his worldly experiences encouraged the belief that he could be of use.
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Marwil, J. (2010). Blasted Dreams, Hopeful Lessons. In: Visiting Modern War in Risorgimento Italy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230117556_7
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