Medicine and surgery in the Great War 1914-1918 : an exhibition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the armistice, 11 November 1918.

  • Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine
Date:
1968
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Credit: Medicine and surgery in the Great War 1914-1918 : an exhibition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the armistice, 11 November 1918. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE MEDICAL SERVICES OF THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES 1. Portrait of Lt.-Gen. Sir Alfred Keogh, Director-General, Army Medi cal Services 1905-10, and 1914-18. 2 x 1.3 m. R .A.M.C. Millbank. 2. Portrait of Lt.-Gen. Sir Arthur Sloggett, a Director-General, Army Medical Services 1914-18. 2 x 1.3 m. R. A.M.C. Millbank. 3. The Royal Army Medical Corps, after a rather ignominious beginning as a 'Hospital Conveyance Corps' in the Crimean War, passed through various phases until it was formally founded in 1898. The war efforts of the Corps are specially commemorated by bronze plaques with relief scenes of the R.A.M.C, in action. These were 'erected in appreciation of devotion to duty of the Royal Army Medi cal Corps and of the services in relief of suffering in the Great War. The cost was deployed out of funds generously placed at the disposal of King George V by Major W. N. Keefer of Toronto late Indian Medical Service 1917.' R.A.M.C. Millbank. 4. R.A.M.C. bearer supplying water, by H. R. Mackey, 1919. Oil. 60 x 50 cm. 5. Portrait of an R.A.M.C. private, by H. R. Mackey [?], 1915. Oil. 51 x 41.7 cm. 6. The R.A.M.C. on active service, by H. R. Mackey. Oil. 2.62 x 5.90 m. 7. R.A.M.C. lifting a wounded man from trench, by G. Rogers. Oil. 3.03 x 3.03 m. 8. Trench under fire; wounded attended by R.A.M.C., by C. Cuneo. Oil. 33 x 20.4 cm. 9. R.A.M.C. attending wounded, 1916, by F. Dadd. Grey wash. 39.5 x 63.9 cm. 10. Battle scene with R.A.M.C. removing wounded, by D. MacPherson, 1917. Wash. 44.7 x 70.4 cm. 11. Work of the Royal Army Medical Corps, by F. Matania. Grey and brown wash. 31 x 47 cm.