By Susan L. Speaker ~ After the United States entered the World War in April 1917, Dr. Wilbur Sawyer, a 37-year-old public health administrator with
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Making Exhibition Connections: Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
National Library of Medicine traveling exhibitions are hosted throughout the United States and across the world. The host libraries, museums, and organizations plan and present
Behind the Scenes on Mercy Street
Circulating Now readers recently learned about a unique register of patients from Mansion House Hospital dating from the 1860s and 1870s, which NLM holds in
Mercy Street’s Mansion House Hospital
By Stephen J. Greenberg Mercy Street, the popular PBS series now entering its second season, tells the complicated story of a U.S. Army hospital during
Thanksgiving DeLuxe, 1918
The holiday season often brought out the very best in the spirit and practice of WWI military hospital magazines…”Many were heard to remark: “Well, after this I can safely say I’ve eaten one square meal in the army.””