Medicine in Times of Need: Washington University and Barnes Hospital's WWI and WWII Medical Mission

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• De cataracta glaucomate et amaurosi tractatio
• [Ophthalmodouleia (romanized form)], das ist, Augendienst
• [Ophthalmodouleia (romanized form)], das ist, Augendienst
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• Dr. Levi H. Fuson operating on a patient.
• Recruiting ad for American Red Cross Hospital Unit 21
• William Crawford Gorgas
• Col. Lee D. Cady
  Col. Lee D. Cady, Commanding Officer of the 21st General Hospital, at his desk. Cady, a veteran of the First World War, attended the University of Missouri and Washington University, and served as a member of the Washington University staff from 1925 to 1942. After his service in the Second World War, Cady was appointed director of medical services for the Veterans Administration in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Later he served as director of the Veterans Hospital in Houston.
• Capt. Stanley S. Goldberg performing dental work
  Capt. Stanley S. Goldberg, performing dental work on a patient of the 21st General Hospital, Naples, Italy, 1944. The unit began bringing dental services directly to patient wards while stationed in Italy.
• V-J Day party
  American Red Cross workers Josephine Skeen, Mae Louise Culler and Iva Pickens join patients for the 21st General Hospital’s V-J Day party in August 1945. The Japanese agreed to surrender on August 14, 1945, ending World War II.
• Wild boar hunt
  Recreation for the officers: French civil authorities arranged a number of wild boar hunts during the winter and spring of 1945 for personnel from the 21st General Hospital. Maj. Joseph C. Edwards, MC, poses triumphantly over the 3 boars he killed during the unit’s first wild boar hunt, January 18, 1945.
• 21st General Hospital staff dressing a wound
  1st Lt. Eloise H. Hagler, ANC, 2nd Lt. Alice Thompson, ANC, and Capt. George E. Roulhac, MC, dressing a German POW patient’s brain wound at the Ravenel Hospital, Mirecourt, France.
• Ariel view of the 21st General Hospital in Mirecourt, France
  Aerial view (looking east) of the 21st General Hospital, Ravenel Hospital, Mirecourt, France. The unit used a nearly completed psychiatric hospital (Hopital Psychiatrique Departemental des Vosges) while stationed in France from October 1944 to September 1945.
• Frances M. Barksdale and patient in Naples, Italy
  American Red Cross worker Frances M. Barksdale assists a patient of the 21st General Hospital in Naples, Italy. The Red Cross workers visited ward patients daily, delivering candy and cigarettes and helping patients write letters. The Red Cross also organized regular entertainment for the ward patients, including movies, musicians, and birthday parties.
• "Libya Court" in Naples, Italy
  Medical section area of the 21st General Hospital on the grounds of the Mostra Fairgrounds, Naples, Italy. This area was known as the “Libya Court.” Photograph taken in March 1944.
• Ariel view of the 21st General Hospital in Naples, Italy
  Aerial view of the 21st General Hospital, Naples Italy. The unit was stationed at the Mostra Fairgrounds from December 1943 to September 1944.
• 2nd Lieutenant Carolyn Klingle and patient
  2nd Lt. Carolyn Klingle administers medicine to an unidentified patient in a tent ward of the 21st General Hospital, Bou Hanifia, Algeria, 1943.
• Orthopedic frames and patients
  Orthopedic frames and patients of the 21st General Hospital’s Ward 1 in the lobby of the Grand Hotel, Bou Hanifia, Algeria. Ward 1 was both a surgical and orthopedics ward.
• Grand Hotel, Bou Hanifia, Algeria
  The Grand Hotel, a hot water spa resort, in Bou Hanifia, Algeria. The 21st General Hospital’s first overseas posting was Bou Hanifia, about 60 miles south of Oran. The unit was stationed in Bou Hanifia from December 1942 to November 1943.
• Nurses at their temporary quarters
  Two nurses from the 21st General Hospital at their temporary quarters, the “Mud Flats,” adjacent to the 77th Evacuation Hospital, near Oran, Algeria.
• Pass in review at Fort Benning, GA
  The officers and nurses of the 21st General Hospital pass in review, Ft. Benning, Georgia.
• Army Medical Corps officers in training at Fort Benning, GA
  Army Medical Corps officers of the 21st General Hospital, taken while in training at Fort Benning, Georgia, 1942. From left to right: Maj. Leo Gottlieb, Lt. Col. Lee D. Cady, 1st Lt. Henry P. Lattuada, Maj. Virgil O. Fish, and Maj. Truman G. Drake.