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Elizabeth Hurdon (center) observing Howard Kelly performing gynecology surgery

From left to right: 1) unidentified (in background); 2) Emma J. Beckwith ; 3) D. F. Duvall; 4) unidentified (seated); 5) W.E. Swann; 6) unidentified (in background); 7) Thomas S. Cullen; 8) Max Brodel; 9) unidentified (in back); 10) Elizabeth Hurdon;…

Ingeborg Steen Hansen & St. Clair Livingston

Photograph shows Ingeborg Steen Hansen and St. Clair Livingston who were nurses in Serbia during World War I. The medals they wear were awarded to them by King Peter of Serbia.

William Welch, Diary 12, military camp inspection trips, September, 1918

In 1917 as a Major in the US Army Medical Corps , William Welch was assigned the task of medical inspector general. Welch’s military work involved examining infectious disease incidence and control in the US military posts where soldiers were…

William Welch, Diary 11, military camp inspection trips, January, 1918

In 1917 as a Major in the US Army Medical Corps , William Welch was assigned the task of medical inspector general. Welch’s military work involved examining infectious disease incidence and control in the US military posts where soldiers were…

Katherine Olmsted's American Red Cross Service Medal

Circular bronze medal with band of blue enamel around the rim with a circle of white enamel in the center; attached over the white circle is a red enamel cross; suspended from a navy blue ribbon. Inscriptions around the rim on the front: "SERVICE -…