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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…

This cartoon “by a fellow officer” pokes fun at Hugh Hampton Young’s inspection work. Young is pictured riding a horse with two medical assistants in tow. While battle rages in the background, Young is gallantly leading the assistants to treat…

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.

In an effort to halt the progress of venereal disease in the army, Young and others tried to implement various preventative measures. One was education. Progressives, at the time, would have preferred that American men abstain from the “vice” of…

Salvarsan, also known as 606, was a synthetic drug developed by the scientist Paul Ehrlich in 1909 to treat syphilis. It was a path-breaking development that revolutionized the American medical profession’s ability to treat the disease. When World…

Salvarsan, also known as 606, was a synthetic drug developed by the scientist Paul Ehrlich in 1909 to treat syphilis. It was a path-breaking development that revolutionized the American medical profession’s ability to treat the disease. When World…

Illustrative photo of an autopsied lung and hand-colored drawing of a bacterial culture.