This arm band was initially worn by Vashti Bartlett when she marched with the Red Cross in President Taft's 1909 inauguration parade. This is the same style of arm bands worn by Red Cross nurses like Bartlett when serving with the Red Cross in World…
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…
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.…