By Jeffrey S. Reznick and Elizabeth A. Mullen ~ Between 1918 and 1919, across twenty-one states and the District of Columbia, dozens of military hospitals
Category: The Great War
A series featuring NLM collections that illuminate the medical history of The Great War.
The Sacred Work: Galsworthy’s Advocacy for WWI Veterans
By Jeffrey S. Reznick ~ This Veterans Day is the first to occur during the four-year centenary anniversary of World War I. As media outlets
Plastic Reconstruction of the Face, 1918
One hundred years ago, in August 1914, the powers of Europe embarked upon a calamitous war which resulted in the death, mutilation, and suffering of
(Re)Discovering The Great War
By Simon Chaplin and Jeffrey S. Reznick Commemorations of the centenary anniversary of World War I have begun in countries around the world. For the
Honoring the Red Cross
By Ginny A. Roth This World War I-era poster created by artist John Mills depicts a Red Cross nurse helping a wounded soldier on the
The Eleventh Hour
By Kenneth M. Koyle ~ When the United States entered the “Great War” in April of 1917, doctors and nurses were among the first volunteers