Title:

Casts applied to patient at the 8th Portable Surgical Hospital, Philippine Islands, on J-Day +3

Creator:

United States. Army

Date:

[ca. 1945]

Description:

Courtesy of the National Museum of Health and Medicine: "Patient, a casualty of a Japanese landmine explosion was from the 163rd Infantry. Albee type orthopedic table was made by Technician 3rd Class Rudolph Henkel (right foreground), Surgical Technician from Baltimore, Maryland out of Japanese pipe and ammunition rods, 1 piece from a stove pump, 1 piece from windshield of a Jeep.". The auxiliary surgical hospitals (later called Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals) were conceived and developed by DeBakey and the Surgical Consultants in the first years of World War II. They greatly improved battlefield injury survival rates by getting surgical care closer to the front lines. Photos like this, taken during the last years of the war, provide a closer look at the operations of the surgical units.

Original Repository:

National Museum of Health and Medicine. Otis Historical Archives. Museum and Medical Arts Service Photographs

Rights:

Courtesy of the National Museum of Health and Medicine.

Genre:

Photographic prints

Subject:

World War II, Wounds and Injuries, and Hospitals, Military

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. National Museum of Health and Medicine. Otis Historical Archives. Museum and Medical Arts Service Photographs. 12811. Free Text. OHA Collection 220.1

Legacy ID:

FJBBSV

NLM ID:

101743405X301

Profiles Collection:

The Michael E. DeBakey Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743405X301

Story Section:

From Tulane School of Medicine to the U.S. Army, 1928-1946