Oral history interview with Sheperd Joseph Magidson, 1969. 1969

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Oral history interview with Sheperd Joseph Magidson, 1969. 1969

The interview concerns Magidson's experiences in the First World War with Base Hospital 21, United States Army, sponsored by the Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes Hospital. Magidson begins by reading a general history of the formation and service of this hospital unit. The interview continues with Magidson viewing and describing his Base Hospital 21 photo scrapbook with the interviewer.

Transcript : 17 leaves.Sound recording : 1 sound cassette (39 min.) : analog.Sound recording : 1 sound tape reel (39 min.) : analog.

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Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). School of Medicine.

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United States. Army. Base Hospital No. 30

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Base Hospital 19 began in 1916, when 11 Rochester area physicians formed a unit of the Medical Corps Reserve. By 1917, when the unit was mobilized, 134 doctors, nurses and enlisted men from the Rochester area were ready. The unit reached Vichy, France, in June 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 19 was closed in February of 1919, and its members discharged in early May. ...

Magidson, S. Joseph (Sheperd Joseph), 1897-

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Physician and surgeon, born 1897. Magidson received his medical degree in 1925 from the Washington University School of Medicine. Until his retirement in 1953 Magidson was a general practitioner and surgeon on the staffs of Jewish, St. Mary's and Missouri Baptist Hospitals. From the description of Oral history interview with Sheperd Joseph Magidson, 1969. 1969 (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 63284132 ...

Walker, Walter W.,

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