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Armies - Medical and sanitary affairs

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War - Medical aspects

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Images about Armies - Medical and sanitary affairs

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  • Russo-Japanese War: a field hospital ward with an inspection of the first wounded Japanese to arrive home. Pen and ink drawing by D. Macpherson, 1904.
  • Boer War: a full military hospital ward housed in a church in Ladysmith, South Africa. Halftone, c.1900, after H. Paget after H. McCormick.
  • Russo-Japanese War: wounded men in a tent at the depot hospital at Ting-chia-chuang, China. Collotype, c. 1905.
  • Boer War: the dispensary and surgery in a hospital train. Halftone, c. 1900.
  • Russo-Japanese War: army medical staff treating the wounded in a field at Linglingtun, China. Collotype, c. 1904.
  • World War I: an R.A.M.C. bearer supplying water to the front line. Oil painting by H.R. Mackey.
  • Boer War: an army medical officer, Joseph Hinton, pulling down the fly of a marquee in which lie soldiers with enteric fever. Process print after A. S. Hartrick, c. 1900.
  • An ambulance corps at work in the field. Halftone.
  • World War I: an R.A.M.C. bearer supplying water to the front line. Oil painting by H.R. Mackey.
  • World War I: an R.A.M.C. bearer supplying water to the front line. Oil painting by H.R. Mackey.

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    Russo-Japanese War: a field hospital ward with an inspection of the first wounded Japanese to arrive home. Pen and ink drawing by D. Macpherson, 1904.

    MacPherson, Douglas, 1871-1951. | Date: 1904 | Reference: 23870i
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    Boer War: a full military hospital ward housed in a church in Ladysmith, South Africa. Halftone, c.1900, after H. Paget after H. McCormick.

    McCormick, H., active 1900. | Date: 1900 | Reference: 23515i
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    An ambulance corps in the field gathering by T. [S.] Crowther and attending to wounded men. Pen and ink drawing.

    Crowther, T. | Reference: 24325i
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    Boer War: soldiers checking the contents of crates of medical supplies. Halftone, c.1900.

    | Date: 1900 | Reference: 23538i
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    Russo-Japanese War: rows of wounded soldiers in a temporary dressing station at Hsuchiakou, China. Collotype, c. 1904.

    | Date: 1904 | Reference: 23906i

Related topics

Soldiers
War victims
War - Relief of sick and wounded
Hospitals, Military
South African War, 1899-1902
South Africa
Battle casualties
Military Medicine
Russian-Japanese War
War - Medical aspects

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