John took a drink of the brandy before replying "not much. We have a surgeon attached to our regiment and on my downtime. I would occasionally help out in the ward when it got busy. Mainly dysentery outbreaks, occasionally Battlefield wounds from patrols. Plus we were also taught minor skills to assist us if one of our patrol was hit." He smirked "sadly it was school fights and street fights that made me go to the army in the first place or I'd have ended up in jail like Eugene longbottom" he placed his glass down "most came from treating myself after fights so my parents didn't see"

He continued "I also spent time in Alexandria as a patient in the military hospital while recovering from injury"