Eye Case, Instruments and Supplies

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 have been used at Base Hospital No. 18. As the range of instruments reflects, staff in the Eye Clinic performed a variety of services. The staff conducted vision exams, outfitted patients with spectacles, examined eyes for conditions like conjunctivitis, and operated on ocular wounds. According to The History of Base Hospital No. 18, the clinic’s 4 doctors drew work from “twenty one base, thirteen evacuation, ten field, and five camp hospitals, beside three convalescent camps, and thirty-three other large miscellany military organizations in the sector.”

G.P. Pilling & Son Co., Philadelphia

1917-1918

Jonas Friedenwald Memorial Library, Wilmer Eye Institute

eye case and supplies