Exercise Tests for Soldiers from the Diary of Paul Dudley White, July 1918.
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Title
Exercise Tests for Soldiers from the Diary of Paul Dudley White, July 1918.
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--Medical care.
United States. Army. Base Hospital No. 6.
Exercise--Physiological aspects.
Description
While attached to Base Hospital No. 6 in the summer of 1918, Paul Dudley White examined and analyzed convalescent gassed soldiers to determine their fitness for return to duty. He devised a number of respiratory and exercise tests for the soldiers, including a 100-meter run wearing a gas mask: "The run provided the exertion and the gas mask the mental spur. Bad general appearance, breathlessness, pain, faintness, cough, extreme tachycardia and exhaustion were the conditions looked for at the finish of the run and helped decide on the fitness of the individual. This test was used on about 2000 soldiers."
The passage displayed from Paul Dudley White's diary discusses the tests. He published his results after the war as "Observations on Some Tests of Physical Fitness," in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences, in 1920.
The passage displayed from Paul Dudley White's diary discusses the tests. He published his results after the war as "Observations on Some Tests of Physical Fitness," in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences, in 1920.
Creator
White, Paul Dudley, 1886-1973.
Source
White, Paul Dudley, 1886-1973. Papers, 1870s-1987.
Date Created
1918-07
Access Rights
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Format
text
Extent
2 handwritten pages.
Language
English.
Type
text
Identifier
H MS c36, box 74.
Provenance
Bequest of Dr. White to the Library of Harvard Medical School, 1973.
Files
Collection
Citation
White, Paul Dudley, 1886-1973., “Exercise Tests for Soldiers from the Diary of Paul Dudley White, July 1918.,” OnView, accessed March 29, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/17945.