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- Subject is exactly "World War, 1914-1918--Hospitals--Pictorial works"
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[Nurses with the Vanderbilt Hospital in France]
Few nurses were identified in the Army Signal Corps photographs of nursing units. The Vanderbilt Unit included doctors and local nurses from Davidson County. Head Nurse Catherine Sinnot had worked for St. Thomas Hospital and was awarded the…
[Officers' and Nurses' Mess, Camp Hospital 28, Nevers, France 1918]
The American Expeditionary Forces depended upon regular train service and hospitals were positioned near major railroad junctions. Nevers, 150 miles south of Paris, was a central supply depot for matériel, veterinary hospitals and hospitals. Officers…
[Surgical Ward VI, Camp Hospital 28 Nevers, France 1918]
One of 122 camp hospitals, Camp Hospital 28 opened February 4, 1918, and housed wounded troops from 40 miles around Nevers. Vanderbilt Unit S took over the hospital March 7. From February until December, the staff treated over 3,000 cases. The…
Lt. Kennon's Moustache and Lesser Objects
Dr. William G. Kennon specialized in surgery of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Vanderbilt and other medical schools recruited doctors and nurses to assist the American Expeditionary Force in France after the U.S. joined the war in 1917. One of 12…