Medical Case Sheet (Army Form I. 1237), August 15-17, 1917.

Medical Case Sheet (Army Form I. 1237), August 15-17, 1917.

World War, 1914-1918--Medical care.

Emerson, Kendall, 1875-1962.

Medicine, Military.

Great Britain. Army. No. 22 General Hospital (Camiers, France)

Harvard Surgical Unit.

As wounded soldiers were evacuated from the battlefield for hospital treatment, each was issued a field medical card for identification with a brief diagnosis or assessment; the card was in a window envelope and tied to the individual, with red-edged envelopes used to denote severe or urgent cases.

When more detailed information was needed, the AFI 1237 was completed, as in this example from a patient admitted to General Hospital No. 22.

Emerson, Kendall, 1875-1962.

Emerson, Kendall, 1875-1962. Papers relating to Hospital Unit No. 22, World War I, 1916-1917.

1917-08-17

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1 handwritten document.

English.

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E 3.5A2.

Gift of Mrs. Kendall Emerson to the Archives of Harvard Medical School, 1962.