Administration of Typhus Vaccinations to French POWs at Meschede

Notes:

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

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Meschede, Medical, Vaccinations, French POWs, German Doctors, Hospital Ward, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Charles Correvon, "Aus deutschen Kriegsgefangenlagern," Frankfurt-am-Main: Literarische Anstalt, Ruetten und Loening, 1915, 44.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/481