During the Second World War she signed up to nurse in a new organisation, the Emergency Medical Service
, for which she received a regular state salary. She returned to the Radcliffe Infirmary
to work...
Health
Rebecca West
Throughout the 1970s, RW
suffered from increasing physical ailments, including an incipient ulcer, deafness, and failing eyesight.
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Her deteriorating physical health caused her to become depressed.
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In 1974 she had diverticulitis.
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