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.
Imediatamente as enfermeiras viram que ele tinha uma infecção, que naquela época eles chamavam de "envenenamento do sangue", e, embora eles não devam ter dito isso, de cara eles sabiam que não havia nada que pudessem fazer.