The nurses there recognized right away that he had an infection, what at the time they would have called "blood poisoning," and though they probably didn't say it, they would have known right away that there was nothing they could do.
Las enfermeras inmediatamente supieron que se trataba de una infección, que en su momento hubieran llamado "septicemia". Y aunque quizás no lo dijeron, en seguida supieron que nada podían hacer.