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- A Russian pharmacist works under the direction of German doctors in a well-stocked pharmacy in the prison camp at Guben. Medical units at prison camps had access to modern drugs and other pharmaceutical goods to help combat illnesses that appeared in prison camps.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A German medical officer supervises the application of a fresh bandage to the stump of a prisoner's leg in a hospital ward at Ingolstadt. In the background, German nurses bandage another prisoner's head wound. Attentive German medical service helped a large percentage of Allied sick and wounded recover and survive the war.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Russian orderlies stand next to patients a prison camp hospital ward at Dyrotz. Only three of the beds appear to be occupied by the sick or wounded, while the other beds in the ward have clean linen and blankets. A wood stove in the center of the war provides warmth during the winter months.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Patients at Muenster relax outside the lazaret as part of their recovery regimen. French and Russian POWs are recovering from wounds or illnesses and are enjoying the fresh air. The medical staff is standing to the left of the patients behind a barbed-wire fence. They include Allied medics as well as German doctors.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A group of French, Belgian, and Russian war prisoners at Reserve Lazarette III in Luebeck pose for a photograph. Note that the German orderlies are wearing black, white, and red arm bands, the German imperial colors. The Germans captured large numbers of wounded war prisoners during their drives into Belgium, France, and Russia early in the war. Seriously wounded or sick POW's were sent to military hospitals and then to reserve hospitals to speed their recovery.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A delegation of German doctors, French doctors and corpsmen, and a French nurse visit the hospital at Wetzlar. They stand in front of the hospital ward while prisoner patients stand behind a barbed wire fence. Red Cross inspections became a common practice in prison camps to ensure the best possible care of POW's under the care of the belligerent powers.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- German, Russian, and French doctors stand on the steps of the front door of the hospital at the prison camp at Giessen. The Germans often captured Allied doctors who remained behind during a retreat to care for wounded war prisoners.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A view of the exterior of the hospital ward at Muenster with some French and Russian patients relaxing outdoors. The German medical staff stands in the background next to the hospital ward.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- German doctors and Red Cross officials administer vaccination shots to Russian prisoners outdoors at Schneidemuehl. These innoculations helped prevent the outbreak of infectious diseases in the crowded barracks of enlisted men's prisons.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Recuperating prisoners of war stand outside of the hospital chapel at the prison camp in Darmstadt. Catholic nuns operated the hospital at the prison camp.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
