During World War I over 63,000 American soldiers received treatment for wounds or disease at the US Army Bazoilles Hospital Center. This book describes daily life and medical care at the hospital providing the reader with a vivid picture of what conditions were like for both patients and medical personnel.
During World War I over 63,000 American soldiers received treatment for wounds or disease at the US Army Bazoilles Hospital Center. This book describes daily life and medical care at the hospital providing the reader with a vivid picture of what conditions were like for both patients and medical personnel.
Peter Wever is a medical doctor working as a clinical microbiologist in the Hieronymous Bosch Hospital in the Netherlands.
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Table of Contents Preface Introduction One. The Evacuation Chain of the American Expeditionary Forces: From Frontline to Bazoilles Hospital Center Two. Bazoilles Hospital Center in Operation: 63,769 Treated in Ten Months The Sound of the Siren Three. "With the Wounded": Wound Care at Bazoilles Hospital Center Gas! Gas! Treatment of Gas Cases Four. Patients of Bazoilles Hospital Center: Three Soldiers Admitted Because of Battle Injuries Treatment of Wounded German Prisoners of War Five. Spanish Flu: The Toll of Influenza and Secondary Pneumonia Convalescent Camp No. 2 Six. "Dear Mother": Letters from Bazoilles Hospital Center Seven. The Ministering Angels of Base Hospital No. 60: The Spanish Flu Outbreak on Board the USS Leviathan War Is Over Eight. A Medical Officer's Photo Album: Pictures of Daily Life Christmas Overseas Nine. Patients of Bazoilles Hospital Center: Three Soldiers Admitted Because of Physical and Mental Disease Review of the Personnel by General Pershing Ten. Capital Punishment at Bazoilles-sur-Meuse: The Execution of Two American Soldiers Eleven. Traces of Medical Care at Bazoilles Hospital Center: Items from Institutional and Personal Collections Appendix Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Preface Introduction One. The Evacuation Chain of the American Expeditionary Forces: From Frontline to Bazoilles Hospital Center Two. Bazoilles Hospital Center in Operation: 63,769 Treated in Ten Months The Sound of the Siren Three. "With the Wounded": Wound Care at Bazoilles Hospital Center Gas! Gas! Treatment of Gas Cases Four. Patients of Bazoilles Hospital Center: Three Soldiers Admitted Because of Battle Injuries Treatment of Wounded German Prisoners of War Five. Spanish Flu: The Toll of Influenza and Secondary Pneumonia Convalescent Camp No. 2 Six. "Dear Mother": Letters from Bazoilles Hospital Center Seven. The Ministering Angels of Base Hospital No. 60: The Spanish Flu Outbreak on Board the USS Leviathan War Is Over Eight. A Medical Officer's Photo Album: Pictures of Daily Life Christmas Overseas Nine. Patients of Bazoilles Hospital Center: Three Soldiers Admitted Because of Physical and Mental Disease Review of the Personnel by General Pershing Ten. Capital Punishment at Bazoilles-sur-Meuse: The Execution of Two American Soldiers Eleven. Traces of Medical Care at Bazoilles Hospital Center: Items from Institutional and Personal Collections Appendix Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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