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Hugh Hampton Young cartoon

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Title

Hugh Hampton Young cartoon

Alternative Title

Dr. Hugh H. Young, and assistants, making his morning rounds of the battlefields of France

Description

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 syphilis. One assistant is carrying a Salvarsan injection device. The other is carrying a case bearing the initials of the U.S. Medical Corps.

Creator

Artist unknown. Signature written as: A de D.

Date

circa 1918

Format

1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 4.75 x 5.75 in.

Identifier

Item 238546