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.
Sjuksköterskorna såg på en gång att han hade en infektion, som man på den tiden  kallade "blodförgiftning," och även om de troligtvis inte sa det, så borde de vetat på en gång att det inte fanns någonting att göra.