Identifier: 14230580R.nlm.nih.gov
Title: Base Hospital No. 9, A.E.F. : a history of the work of the New York hospital unit during two years of active service
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Brown, Raymond Shiland, author
Subjects: United States. Army. Base Hospital No. 9 Hospitals, Military World War I
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Contributing Library: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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that was used in the careand feeding of patients, but by being connected with aroom off of the kitchen, it also gave a cold storage placefor meats and vegetables. A temperature of io° F.above zero was maintained throughout the summer inthis room. The machine shop also did all the repair work onthe boilers, motors and automobiles, and the manygasolene engines about the post. As the French oftenhad difficulty in getting coal to supply the electricsj stem for the town, and as it was absolutely necessaryfor us to have the power at all times (to run the X-raymachines and to care for the operating room)—anelectric generator operated by a powerful gasoleneengine was put in, thereby making the hospital in-dependent of the local electric company. The men in charge of the work were, Sgt. Johnson—General Repairs; Sgt. Law responsible for sewagedisposal and the water supply, Corporal Grossman,directing all mechanical installation, and CorporalLivingston in charge of all electric appliances.
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CHAPTER X. The American Soldier. Much has been written about the American soldierduring the Great War. Volumes are still to be written.Yet the one outstanding fact that will run throughthem all is that the American soldier was the real manin the war. He it was who suffered the real hardships of theocean voyage; he it was who hiked and drilled andworked in the training camp; he it was who stood insticky mud being drenched with rain waiting for thezero hour; he it was who when that hour arrived creptunder the barrage and met the enemy face to face; heit was who faced the machine gun and heard the showerof shrapnel and high explosives; he it was who provedhimself a man. Yet heroism was not finished at the battle fine.The days in the hospital were the ones that really provedthe stuff of which men are made. Here they wouldhe day after day. Dreadful gashes had been torn intheir bodies, bones had been broken and bruised, armsand legs had been taken from them, yet there was Httlecomplaining o

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