Peter Wever is a medical doctor working as a clinical microbiologist in the Hieronymous Bosch Hospital in the Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

One.¿The Evacuation Chain of the American Expeditionary Forces: From Frontline to Bazoilles Hospital Center

Two.¿Bazoilles Hospital Center in Operation: 63,769 Treated in Ten Months

The Sound of the Siren

Three.¿"With the Wounded": Wound Care at Bazoilles Hospital Center

Gas! Gas! Treatment of Gas Cases

Four.¿Patients of Bazoilles Hospital Center: Three Soldiers Admitted Because of Battle Injuries

Treatment of Wounded German Prisoners of War

Five.¿Spanish Flu: The Toll of Influenza and Secondary Pneumonia

Convalescent Camp No. 2

Six.¿"Dear Mother": Letters from Bazoilles Hospital Center

Seven.¿The Ministering Angels of Base Hospital No. 60: The Spanish Flu Outbreak on Board the USS Leviathan

War Is Over

Eight.¿A Medical Officer's Photo Album: Pictures of Daily Life

Christmas Overseas

Nine.¿Patients of Bazoilles Hospital Center: Three Soldiers Admitted Because of Physical and Mental Disease

Review of the Personnel by General Pershing

Ten.¿Capital Punishment at ­Bazoilles-sur-Meuse: The Execution of Two American Soldiers

Eleven.¿Traces of Medical Care at Bazoilles Hospital Center: Items from Institutional and Personal Collections

Appendix

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index