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Actions	Lantern slides of WWI field station and notes on wound treatment Remove from selection Add to selection Object number@NOO-2 TitleLantern slides of WWI field station and notes on wound treatment Creator Glasgow RAE Makers DescriptionPart 2 of 4. A Series of glass lantern slides of a British medical field station and army camp in (probably) Serbia during WWI. Depicted are doctors, nurses, orderlies, the wounded and soldiers. Some images also show local Serbian civilians. Slides are stored in a wooden box with leather straps and felt padding. Written on the inside of the lid: John Patrick, 9 Newton Place, Glasgow.' See @NOO-4 for information written on 9 glass slides about wound treatment, field hospital preparations for a British attack, and the challenges of soldiery life. One slide shows the Scottish Women's Hospital 'Edith Cavell' Memorial Glasgow X Ray ambulance. According to the Glasgow Herald, the first X Ray ambulance from Glasgow was sent to Serbia in 1916 so this could be that vehicle, and therefore the slides could be of Serbia or possibly Macedonia as notes refer to the 'Vardar wind' - described as a cold northwesterly wind blowing from the mountains down to the valleys of Macedonia. Other slides show sugical conditions in a field hospital, and nurses around the camp. Some show methods of transporting the wounded by horse. Production date 1916 - 1918 Production periodTwentieth century, early Object namePhotographs, Notes Object categoryPHOTOGRAPH Dimensions Box Length: 42 cm Box Width: 12 cm Box Depth: 12 cm Slide Length: 8 cm Slide Width: 8 cm

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TitleLantern slides of WWI field station and notes on wound treatment

Creator Glasgow RAE Makers

DescriptionPart 2 of 4. A Series of glass lantern slides of a British medical field station and army camp in (probably) Serbia during WWI. Depicted are doctors, nurses, orderlies, the wounded and soldiers. Some images also show local Serbian civilians. Slides are stored in a wooden box with leather straps and felt padding. Written on the inside of the lid: John Patrick, 9 Newton Place, Glasgow.' See @NOO-4 for information written on 9 glass slides about wound treatment, field hospital preparations for a British attack, and the challenges of soldiery life. One slide shows the Scottish Women's Hospital 'Edith Cavell' Memorial Glasgow X Ray ambulance. According to the Glasgow Herald, the first X Ray ambulance from Glasgow was sent to Serbia in 1916 so this could be that vehicle, and therefore the slides could be of Serbia or possibly Macedonia as notes refer to the 'Vardar wind' - described as a cold northwesterly wind blowing from the mountains down to the valleys of Macedonia. Other slides show sugical conditions in a field hospital, and nurses around the camp. Some show methods of transporting the wounded by horse.

Production date 1916 - 1918

Production periodTwentieth century, early

Object namePhotographs, Notes

Object categoryPHOTOGRAPH

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