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This diary documents Alice Fitzgerald's nursing service with the British Expeditionary Forces in France. It describes the layout and condition of the wards, the weather for the day, and descriptions of troops, patients, ward books, and personal…

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…

Base Hospital No. 18 featured, among other departments, an Eye Clinic. This particular eye case was actually used in another base hospital. As these kits were fairly standard and issued by the AEF, it nonetheless illustrates the equipment that would…

This map served as a reference for medical inspectors like Young, who needed to locate different hospitals and laboratory facilities. Inside, a map of France provided the locations of the facilities and more detailed information about them. These…

Elisabeth Gilman wrote this account of her work in a Paris Y.M.C.A. canteen after she had been there for ten weeks. She describes the soldiers, her regular duties, and the canteen she helped to run.

Circular bronze medal featuring a bust of a man with wings on the side of his head on the front; reverse features the image of a snake moving up a fountain with a feather in the background; suspended from a ribbon with blue, white and red vertical…