Circular, [New York, N.Y., October, 1914]

Item Information

Title:
Circular, [New York, N.Y., October, 1914]
Description:
Established and sponsored by members of the American colony in Paris soon after the outbreak of hostilities, the American Ambulance Hospital was ready for the reception of patients on September 1, 1914, at the Lycee Pasteur in Neuilly, Paris. The hospital, under the direction of surgeon-in-chief, C. Winchester Dubouchet, was intended to care for wounded soldiers "irrespective of nationality." Its Medical Board made a proposal to universities in the United States to staff part of the hospital with rotating units of surgical personnel. Dr. George W. Crile (1864-1943) was at the head of the first unit, from Western Reserve University in Cleveland, which arrived at the end of 1914. The President and Corporation of Harvard University approved participation in the plan and, with the financial support of William Lindsay of Boston, who underwrote the venture, the second unit, headed by Harvey Cushing and Robert B. Greenough, was organized from Boston and went to Paris, serving from April 1 to July 1, 1915.
Creator:
American Ambulance Hospital
Date:
October 1914
Format:
Documents
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Rare Books and Journals
Subjects:
American Ambulance Hospital
World War 1914-1918
Medicine, Military
Military nursing
Harvard Medical School
Extent:
6 printed pages.
Link to Item:
http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/17910
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Notes:
Circular, [New York, N.Y., October, 1914]
From the Collections of the Boston Medical Library.
Identifier:
Pq. 479.