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1. German YMCA Missionary Medical Service in Africa

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African workers transport an invalid under the direction of German YMCA missionaries (the missionaries are standing in front of the litter). The Red Triangle secretaries sought to improve medical conditions in Africa as well as evangelize the Africans as part of their program.
Date Created:
1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Repatriated Wounded and Sick American and British POWs

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The Germans released recently wounded American and British prisoners under their care at the front after the Armistice. These men would travel by ambulance to military hospitals for treatment of their wounds.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. Dispensary at Muensingen

Notes:
A German doctor bandages a prisoner's leg in the dispensary at Muensingen in this cartoon. The doctor has quite a bit of work ahead of him as prisoners wait their turn for medical attention. Note that most of the POW's are wearing wooden shoes due to the lack of leather in Germany by the end of the war. The doctor appears to be a cavalry officer since he is wearing spurs inside the clinic.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

4. Repatriated Sick British POWs

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These former British prisoners were released by the Germans under the terms of the Armistice and had to be admitted to a military hospital because they suffered from disease and malnutrition as a result of their captivity.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

5. Administration of Typhus Vaccinations to French POWs at Meschede

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The German medical staff conducts inoculations of French prisoners of war in a hospital ward at the prison camp at Meschede. Typhus became the scourge of POW camps and the disease could spread like wild fire in the cramped conditions of the enlisted men's barracks. Prisoners of war from Russia and Romania carried typhus and other infectious diseases into captivity and after the contagion at Wittenberg, German authorities went to great lengths to prevent another outbreak.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

6. Hospital Ward at Merseberg

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The lazaret (hospital ward) in the prison camp at Merseburg is busy with orderlies and patients. Most of the beds in the hospital ward appear in use by the sick or wounded. The lazaret is well heated and ventilated as demonstrated by the four large wood stoves in the center aisle and the numerous high windows.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries