Further study on American Military Medicine

Kansas University Medical Center in World War I

KUMC, as it was in 1918Base Hospital #28 was formed in Kansas City, Missouri, around the physicians and nurses of the medical school and medical center of the University of Kansas.  Several years ago, KUMC established a website to document the effort, as well as to collect other material concerning World War I medicine.  The link to the website is:  http://www.kumc.edu/wwi.html

Base Hospital #28 was formed over the winter of 1917-18.  Its personnel went to Fort McPherson, Georgia, in February, 1918, for training.  The unit arrived in France in June, 1918, and was stationed in Limoges. http://www.kumc.edu/wwi/base-hospital-28.htmlNurses from Base Hospital $28 in Red Cross Uniforms

A number of other documents and essays on the War are also available on the website.  http://www.kumc.edu/wwi/essays-on-first-world-war-medicine/index-of-essays.html