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MEDICAL SUPPORT FOR THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
IN FRANCE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

A thesis presented to the Faculty of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE

by

JONATHAN H. JAFFIN, MAJ, USA
A.B., Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1977
M.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1981

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
1990

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Introduction and Early History

Chapter 2 Preparation for War

Chapter 3 Organization of Medical Support for the American Expeditionary Forces

Chapter 4 Medical Operations

Chapter 5 Assessment and Conclusions

Appendix Abbreviations Used

Bibliography

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