As the second Director of the Nursing Bureau of the League of Red Cross Societies in Geneva, Katherine Olmsted continued Alice Fitzgerald's work of organizing local nursing schools and public health nursing services according to American nursing…
Alice Fitzgerald started the International School for Public Health Nurses for the Florence Nightingale International Foundation in London. Katherine Olmsted continued the work by organizing the second course at Bedford College at the University of…
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 -…
First row: William A. Fisher, Thomas Boggs, John M. T. Finney, James Heisinger, Winford H. Smith, George Walker, William S. Baer. Second row: Bertram M. Bernheim, Harvey B. Stone, Walter A. Baetjer, Eveleth W. Bridgman, Clyde G. Guthrie, George J.…
Caption written by US Army Signal Corps: Landing Party, 4 June 1944. Commemorating the landing of the 118th General Hospital in Australia, 4 June 1942. Led by self-appointed Admirals (Lt. Col.) Bordley, (Lt. Col.) VandeGrift, (Capt.) Hooker, officers…
The Offices of the Chief Surgeon provided AEF medical officers with weekly bulletins. These compact publications provided updates on disease conditions, statistics compiled for different hospitals, and mandates for disease control measures.