Ward scene (15-bed ward), 21st General Hospital, Ravenel Hospital, 1945.
Date
1945
Physical Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger. Part of the wwii set of images.
Notes-Restrictions
Materials may be restricted. See Archivist for terms of use.
Notes-Photographer
Photo by Sgt. Harry S. Mueller, Jr.
Description
Scene of a 15-bed ward at Ravenel Hospital, Mirecourt, France. Capt. Robert Peck is seated on a bed speaking to a patient. The litter-bearers are German POWs. The 21st General Hospital utilized French civilian workers, German POWs, and Italian sanitary corps workers to help staff the hospital wards, so ward duty lists were posted in English, French, German, and Italian. The nurses also devised a system of colored ribbons tied to the ends of beds to indicate to the non-English speaking workers the type of care to be given patients (e.g. complete bed rest, latrine privileges, penicillin). Photograph was taken in January 1945.
Rights
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Acquisition Method
Gift.
Provenance
Lee D. Cady, MD, 1969, (69-008).
Subject-Personal Name
Peck, Robert E.
Subject-Corporate Name
United States. Army. 21st General Hospital.
Subject
Military Medicine; Hospitals, Military; Patients; Military Personnel; Ravenel Hospital (Mirecourt, France).; World War, 1939-1945 -- Hospitals.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care.; Hospital wards.
Type-GMGPC
Photographic prints; 1940-1950.
Collection Name
General Hospital 21 Photographs and Drawings (VC013)
