This article published in the St Bartholomew's Hospital Journal describes how new techniques were developed to aid the healing of wounds and shorten the recovery period for soldiers. This article states that 'The military situation demands that every effort should be made to shorten the recovery period and return wounded men to duty in the shortest possible time.' This highlights how the demands of war directly led to medical advancement.
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This article published in the St Bartholomew's Hospital Journal describes how new techniques were developed to aid the healing of wounds and shorten the recovery period for soldiers. This article states that 'The military situation demands that every effort should be made to shorten the recovery period and return wounded men to duty in the shortest possible time.' This highlights how the demands of war directly led to medical advancement.
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This article from the St Bartholomew's Hospital Journal discusses the benefits of a new type of apparatus used to treat fractures. The apparatus was designed by Major Meurice in a war hospital.
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This posed photograph shows five nurses standing behind a group of recovery soldiers in army hospital uniform. In the picture two amputees can be seen alongside a number of bed bound men.
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Dissecting Room with Military Recruitment Posters.
In November 1915 the Government announced that medical students in their first, second and third year should be released from their studies for military service. This picture depicts the dissecting room covered in military recruitment posters.
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Field Gun and Cars outside St Bartholomew's c.1929.
After the armistice in 1918, the St Bartholomew's Hospital Journal reports that jubilant students captured a gun and towed it to the gates of the hospital. The canon remained in place for several years. This photo is thought to be taken c.1929.
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This image is a copy of the original photo which is now missing. While the photograph is not extremely clear, it does highlight the areas that were hit during the daylight raid on 7 July 1917. St Bartholomew'۪s Hospital can be seen to suffer a direct hit.
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St Bartholomew's Hospital Journal was a monthly publication aimed at staff, students and alumni of Barts Hospital. During the war the journal received correspondence from students and staff serving on the Western and Eastern front. These letters cover a range of topics from reports of attacks, to letters relaying a dinner at the front which men from Barts attended. The journal also discusses how the hospital itself functioned during the war and it includes papers on new medical developments such as artificial limbs and facial reconstruction. The journal has been digitized from 1913-1919.
Click on the links above to view individual pages of the Journal. PDF's may take a while to download depending on the speed of your internet connection.
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A photograph of a large group of uniformed soldiers, doctors and nurses taken in the Square at St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1915. Several are bandaged and visibly wounded.
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