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World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Edna Sherrill Eames papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2944
Abstract

Papers of and relating to physician Edna Sherrill Eames, who worked for the city health bureau in Portland, Oregon, and was the first woman to be a city medical inspector. Materials include diplomas; correspondence on personal matters, her service in the Army medical corps during World War I, and recommendations; and photocopies of newspaper clippings about her career.

Dates: 1912-1936

Edward Everett Mingus reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2938
Abstract

Typescript reminiscences of Edward Everett Mingus's life and experiences as a physician in many Oregon cities, his service in the U. S. Army Medical Officers' Reserve Corps during World War I, etc.

Dates: 1916-1934

Reflections on the Global Pandemic of 1918

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 856
Abstract

Short history about life at Camp Lewis, Washington, during the 1918 influenza epidemic, with a focus on Major Herbert Merton Greene and Jenny Todd Booth, who served at the base hospital as acting base hospital commander and chief of nurses, respectively. Also includes biographical details about Greene and Booth, who married in October 1918. Jenny Greene later changed her first name to Jeanne.

Dates: 2020