One way women served during the war was by staffing YMCA canteens. These sites near the war front were a refuge for soldiers, offering amusement and services like post offices, libraries, and general stores. Elisabeth Gilman, daughter of founding…
While female nurses dominated the Mercy Ship expedition, it carried a small number of surgeons too. Seven of them hailed from Johns Hopkins Hospital and School of Medicine. They are pictured here in a photo from the voyage. M.H. Todd was an…
War-Chronicle was a periodical published by the German government in several languages, with the aim of depicting or exaggerating German successes and strength in order to influence opinions in foreign nations. This item can be found in the papers of…
While Adolf Meyer was engaged in preventative measures back home, some of his colleagues worked on treatment in France. Thomas Salmon believed that early intervention could decrease the magnitude of shell shock and shorten its course in victims. He…