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A history of United States Army Base Hospital No. 36 (Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery Unit) organized at Detroit, Michigan, April 11th, 1917 (1922) (14756543976)

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Title: A history of United States Army Base Hospital No. 36 (Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery Unit) organized at Detroit, Michigan, April 11th, 1917

Year: 1922 (1920s)

Authors: Cooper, Alice Evelyn, ed Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery

Subjects: United States. Army. Base hospital no. 36, Vittel, France

Publisher: (Detroit)

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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y came in, the soldiers arriving were pale and tired. Most had not seen abed for months. To get in between clean, white sheets was to them in their expression, livingthe life of Jerry. For one or two days it was one blissful sleep, except to awaken at meal timeand for the dressing of wounds. In three or four days beds would become vacant, and by theend of a week, few patients were still confined to bed. Those recovering helped those less for-tunate, and many made inquiries of the nurse and the ward surgeons if there were somethingthey might do to be of service. Many became volunteer nurses for their fellows, and assisted ingetting ready for the next convoy that was to come in the night or early in the morning follow-ing. It was exceedingly rare for morphine to be; given for pain. Hardy and strong, the fittestof America, the pride of our country never complained, and never expressed a wish except tobe sent back as soon as possible to their company. H. E. Randall,Major M. C. Commanding.

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Hospital A Report from Dec. 8, 1917, to Jan. 1, 1919 ■iSTe Total number of patients Total number American Total number of Allies Total number of Civilians Total number of deaths Deaths from pneumonia Total Mortality—.00328CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES General Diseases: Typhoid fever Paratyphoid fever Malaria Influenza 164Diarrhoea and Dysentery Tuberculosis Syphilis, hereditary -r, ■ 30 Primary Secondary Tertiary Cancer Rheumatism, acute articular chronic articular Diabetes Goiter . S7 Leukemia 0 Diseases of Nervous System: Disease of spinal cord 72 War Neurosis: 1. Concussion 37 2. Psychoneurosis 35 fnsanity 6 Hysteria 0 Malingering 0 Epilepsy 16 Diseases of Circulatory System: Disordered action of heart 19 Valvular disease 15 Arteriosclerosis 4 Diseases of Respiratory System: Gas cases 390 Bronchitis, acute 251 Bronchitis, chronic 11 Pneumonia, broncho 12 Pneumonia, lobar 47 Pleurisy 32 Empyema 2 Asthma 11 Diseases of Digestive System: Appendicitis 23 Cholecystitis 2 Diseases of

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a history of united states army base hospital no 36 detroit college of medicine and surgery unit organized at detroit michigan april 11 th 1917 1922 bronchopneumonia book illustrations medicine surgery history hospitals medical care health care tuberculosis infectious diseases diseases united states army images from internet archive detroit publishing company photograph collection library of congress