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Medicine in Times of Need: Washington University and Barnes Hospital's WWI and WWII Medical Mission

Chief Nurse Julia C. Stimson

Item

Title
Chief Nurse Julia C. Stimson
Description
May 1917 passport photograph of Julia C. Stimson, Chief Nurse of Base Hospital 21. With the exception of six nurses from Kansas City, the nursing staff of Base Hospital 21 were nearly all graduates of Barnes, St. Lukes, City, and other St. Louis hospitals. The American nurses were assisted by British V.A.D.’s (Voluntary Aid Detachments) who functioned as nurses’ aides.
Is Part Of

Base Hospital 21 Photographs and Drawings
Rights Holder
Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University in St. Louis
Site pages
World War 1