A history of United States Army Base Hospital No36 (Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery Unit) organized at Detroit, Michigan, April 11th, 1917 . aits, had learned to care for himself better thanhad the American soldier, and required much less nursing. The French officers in charge, and Sergt. Emil Breau, will be remembered by all as thorough gentlemen. The Frenchofficers who were patients on July 4th remembered our Independence Day by a celebration andpresentation of a beautiful and magnificent floral piece and a presentation speech, written andbeautifully decorated with the Ame
A history of United States Army Base Hospital No36 (Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery Unit) organized at Detroit, Michigan, April 11th, 1917 . aits, had learned to care for himself better thanhad the American soldier, and required much less nursing. The French officers in charge, and Sergt. Emil Breau, will be remembered by all as thorough gentlemen. The Frenchofficers who were patients on July 4th remembered our Independence Day by a celebration andpresentation of a beautiful and magnificent floral piece and a presentation speech, written andbeautifully decorated with the American and French colors. In July, when the American forces became active, our doors were again opened to theAmerican soldiers, and from then until after the Armistice we were kept very busy. As the fall offensive drew apace we were notified to prepare for semi-evacuation hos-pital work so that more operating room space was needed on the first floor. To this endthe round salle a manger was converted into an operating room, accommodating 8 oper-ating tables with an abundance of working space making one of the best operating roomsseen in Lt. Wm. H. Woolston. Lt. Ira G. Downer. We had as patients, 3,304 Americans with 22 deaths, 149 British with 2 deaths, 523French with 3 deaths and 14 civilians with 5 deaths. The latter large death rate was ac-counted for by the moribund condition of some patients brought to the hospital. Ourtirst operation was upon a French captains wife who had been previously operated uponby a French Army surgeon and her condition pronounced inoperable and hopeless. Amongthe early cases were several gastro-enterostomies for obstructive ulcers which had takenon new activity by reason of the hardships and irregularities of army life and diet. Con-trary to the regular army physicians conception, these men returned to active duty at thefront. An unusual case was that of pedicled Mullerian c3St projecting into the sac of thetunica albuginia and greatly swol
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