William Welch, Diary 12, military camp inspection trips, September, 1918

William Welch, Diary 12, military camp inspection trips, September, 1918

In 1917 as a Major in the US Army Medical Corps , William Welch was assigned the task of medical inspector general. Welch’s military work involved examining infectious disease incidence and control in the US military posts where soldiers were training for overseas duty. At each of the camps he visited, Welch recorded the incidence of epidemic disease, looked at patient isolation procedures, assessed medical staff, inspected laboratory facilities and autopsy work.
Diary 12 includes his September 4-21, 1918 inspections of the following camps:
Camp Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina
Camp Sevier in Greenville, South Carolina
Atlanta Army Laboratory in Georgia
Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia
Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Georgia
Camp Gordon in Atlanta, Georgia
Camp Wheeler in Macon, Georgia
Kenilworth General Hospital No. 12 in Biltmore, North Carolina
Azalea Tuberculosis Hospital in Oteen, North Carolina
Waynesville Tuberculosis Hospital in North Carolina

Welch, William

September 4-21, 1918

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