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AEF Field Surgical Kit
Thomas Boggs sent this kit to his colleague and former teacher, the surgeon William Halsted, who remained at his post in Baltimore. Halsted took a keen interest in the Hopkins unit’s surgical work in France and corresponded with several of them,…
Eye Case, Instruments and Supplies
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…
Landing Party, 118th General Hospital
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…
