Records. 1917-1920.

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Records. 1917-1920.

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The collection consists of records & materials relating to Base Hospital No. 19 and its staff from Rochester. The collection includes lantern slides of the hospital at work, its personnel, and their return to the U.S. Also includes house publications ("The Martian" 1918-1919, "The Caduceus" 1918-1919); personal correspondence and mementos of various staff; blueprints of hospital campus; records of the Mars Orchestra; papers of C.J. Van Neil.

3 boxes 2 volumes 40 lantern slides (2 linear ft.)

Rochester Regional Library Council, RRLC

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SNAC Resource ID: 7391755

Rochester Regional Library Council, RRLC

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Army of the United States Base Hospital Number 19.

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Base Hospital No. 19 began with 11 Rochester area physicians in 1916 forming a unit of the Medical Corps Reserve. By 1917, when the unit was mobilized, 134 doctors, nurses and enlisted men from the Rochester vicinity were ready. The unit reached Vichy, France, in June of 1918, and established Base Hospital No. 19, a 2,000 bed facility. The Hospital served over 11,000 patients during the 6 months it operated. Base Hospital No. 19 was closed in February of 1919, and its members discharged in early...

Rochester General Hospital (Rochester, N.Y.)

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Rochester General Hospital obtained its charter in 1847 as the Rochester City Hospital. The Hospital opened its doors in 1864 on West Main St. The name was changed to Rochester General in 1911. In the early 1960s, the departments moved to the Northside Division, the current campus of the Hospital. Rochester General has earned a reputation for pioneering medical advances in the fields of radiology, laser surgery, and ophthalmology. The Hospital opened one of the first eye banks in th...

Base Hospital Number 19.

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