Exhibits:  The Sheridan Libraries and Museums
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A steel-framed mask that fits over the nose and mouth. The mask is covered with stockinette. Ether is open dropped onto the mask to anesthetize patients during surgery.

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In the history of psychiatry, the First World War is often identified with the rise of the disorder of “shell shock.” Referred to at the time most often as “war neurosis,” the malady was characterized by tics, convulsions, muscle spasms, paralyses,…

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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…
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