MEDICAL DEPARTMENT UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY
INTERNAL MEDICINE IN WORLD WAR II
Volume I
ACTIVITIES OF MEDICAL CONSULTANTS
Prepared and published under the direction of Lieutenant General LEONARD D.HEATON
The Surgeon General, United States Army
Editor in Chief
Colonel JOHN BOYD COATES, Jr., MC
Editor for Internal Medicine
W. PAUL HAVENS, Jr., M.D.
OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WASHINGTON, D.C., 1961
INTERNAL MEDICINE IN WORLD WAR II
Advisory Editorial Board
GARFIELD G. DUNCAN, M.D., Chairman
W.PAULHAVENS, Jr., M.D., Editorial Director
WALTER BAUER, M.D.
HERRMANL. BLUMGART, M.D.
WORTH B. DANIELS, M.D.
EUGENEC. EPPINGER, M.D.
JOSEPH M.HAYMAN, M.D.
YALE KNEELAND, Jr., M.D.
HOWARDP. LEWIS, M.D.
ESMOND R. LONG, M.D.
PERRINH. LONG, M.D.
WILLIAM S. MIDDLETON, M.D.
DONALDM. PILLSBURY, M.D.
MAURICE C. PINCOFFS, M.D. (dec.)
HENRYM. THOMAS, Jr., M.D.
Colonel DAN CROZIER, MC (ex officio)
Colonel JOHN BOYD COATES, Jr., MC (ex officio)
The Historical Unit, United States Army Medical Service
Colonel JOHN BOYD COATES, Jr., MC, Director
Colonel OTHMAR F. GORIUP, MSC, Executive Officer
Colonel R. L. PARKER, MSC, Special Assistant to Director
Lieutenant Colonel R. J. BERNUCCI, MC, Special Assistant to Director
Lieutenant Colonel MATTHEW GINALICK, MSC, Chief, Special Projects Branch
CHARLESM. WILTSE, Ph. D., Litt. D., Chief, Historians Branch
ERNEST ELLIOTT, Jr., Chief, Editorial Branch
Lieutenant Colonel LEONARD L. COLLIER, MSC, Chief, Promotion Branch
Lieutenant Major ALBERT C. RIGGS, Jr., MSC, Chief, General Reference and Research Branch
HAZELG. HINE, Chief, Administrative Branch
Volume I ACTIVITIES OF MEDICAL CONSULTANTS
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY
The volumes comprising the official history of the Medical Department of the U.S. Army in World War II are prepared by The Historical Unit, U.S. Army Medical Service, and published under the direction of The Surgeon General, U.S. Army. These volumes are divided into two series: (1) The administrative or operational series; and (2) the professional, or clinical and technical, series. This is one of the volumes published in the latter series.
VOLUMES PUBLISHED
ADMINISTRATIVE SERIES
Hospitalization and Evacuation, Zone of Interior
CLINICAL SERIES
Preventive Medicine in World War II:
Vol. II. Environmental Hygiene
Vol. III. Personal Health Measures and Immunization
Vol. IV. Communicable Diseases Transmitted Chiefly Through Respiratory and Alimentary Tracts
Vol. V. Communicable Diseases Transmitted Through Contact Or By Unknown Means
Surgery in World War II:
General Surgery, vol. II
Hand Surgery
Neurosurgery, vol. I
Neurosurgery, vol. II
Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology
Orthopedic Surgery in the European Theater of Operations
Orthopedic Surgery in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations
The Physiologic Effects of Wounds
Vascular Surgery
Miscellaneous:
Cold Injury, Ground Type
United States Army Dental Service in World War II
Contributors
Contents
Chapter
I Medical Consultants Division, Office of the Surgeon General (Hugh J. Morgan, M.D.)
Beginning of the Consultant System
Evolution of Medical Consultants Division
Classification and Assignment of Personnel
Clinical Services in Army Hospitals
Administrative and Clinical Advances During World War II
Specialization in Zone of Interior Hospitals
Exchange of Professional Information
Intraoffice and Interoffice Relationships
Research
Visits to Service and Oversea Commands
Civilian Consultants in Medicine
Plans for the Postwar Army
Role of the Internist in World War II
II Service Commands (Hugh J. Morgan, M.D.)
Duties of Medical Consultants
Personnel Management
Clinical Problems
Laboratory Activities
Autopsy Protocols
Postgraduate Educational and Training Programs
Adequacy of Medical Care in Army Hospitals
Clinical Research
Reconditioning
Dietetics
Medical Supplies
Nursing Care
Coordination With Other Consultants
Service Command Installations Other Than Station and General Hospitals.
Consultants Evaluation of the Consultant System
III Mediterranean (Formerly North African) Theater of Operations (Perrin H. Long, M.D.)
Function and Duties of a Medical Consultant in an Oversea Theater of Operations
Organization
Consultant Activities in Various Types of Medical Installations
Personnel Management
Medical Supplies
Diseases of Medical Interest
Penicillin
Disposition of Patients to Zone of Interior
Laboratory Services
Problems of Evacuation and Hospitalization
Medical Care of Prisoners of War
Nutrition
Reconditioning
Professional Education
Research Problems
Editorial Duties
Medical Intelligence
IV European Theater of Operations (William S. Middleton, M.D.)
Part I. Chief Consultant in Medicine
Historical Note
Evolution of Medical Consultation Service
General Morgan`s Visit to European Theater
Conferences of Chiefs of Medical Services
Inter-Allied Relationships
Function of Medical Consultant
Personnel Management
Educational Programs
Professional Meetings
Supply and Use of Drugs
Hospital Facilities
Evacuation Policies
Clinical Studies
Physical Standards
Redeployment
Summary
Part II. Senior Consultant in Dermatology and Syphilology
Evaluation of the Situation
Formulation of Policies and Procedures
Full-Scale Operations
Summary in Retrospect
Part III. Senior Consultant in Neuropsychiatry
Arrival and Evaluation
From Buildup and Invasion to Victory
Summary in Retrospect
Buildup in the United Kingdom
Normandy Invasion and Campaigns in Northern France
Final Operations
From V-E Day to V-J Day
Summaries in Retrospect
V Southwest Pacific Area (Henry M. Thomas, Jr., M.D.)
Part I. Administrative Considerations
Organization of the Medical Department
Functions of the Medical Consultant
Activities of the Medical Consultant
Hospitals and Medical Service
Laboratories
Convalescent Care in New Guinea
Evacuation
Nurses
Visitors to the Area
Blood Bank
Supplies
Clinical Investigation
Part II. Clinical Considerations
General Observations
Malaria
Dysentery
Dengue
Scrub Typhus
Differential Diagnosis of Acute Fevers
Infectious Hepatitis
Amebiasis
Diphtheria
Poliomyelitis
Dermatological Conditions
Filariasis
Schistosomiasis
Psychoneuroses
Part III. Conclusions and Recommendations
Analysis and Conclusions
Recommendations
VI South Pacific Area (Benjamin M. Baker, M.D.)
Factors in Medical Care
Consultant Activities at Headquarters
Consultant Activities in the Field
Medicine in the Forward Area
Diagnostic Difficulties
Morbidity Statistics
Malaria
Other Diseases
VII Central Pacific Area (Verne R. Mason, M.D.)
Expansion and Organization of the Medical Service
The Medical Consultant`s Field
Medical Problems
The Assault on Okinawa
Clinical Aspects of the War
Military Occupational Specialty Ratings
VIII India-Burma Theater of Operations (Herrman L. Blumgart, M.D., and George M. Pike, M.D.)
Scope of Consultant Activities
Considerations in Diagnosis of Disease
Military Importance of Diseases Encountered
Evaluation of Consultant System
IX Field Armies (Garfield G. Duncan, M.D.)
Internal Medicine at the Front
Medical Service in Forward Areas
Scope of Consultant Activities
Summary and Comment
A Consultants in Medicine in the Various Commands of the U.S. Army in World War II
B Programs of Conferences of Medical Consultants in the Zone of Interior
C Civilian Consultants in Medicine During World War II
D Program of Conference on Internal Medicine in the Ninth Service Command
Illustrations
Number
1 Brig. Gen. Charles C. Hillman
2 Brig. Gen. W. Lee Hart and members of his staff
3 Areas served by part-time medical consultants
3 Continued-Areas served by part-time medical consultants
4 Consultants in medicine, Office of the Surgeon General
5 Mobile and fixed hospitals overseas
5 Continued -Mobile hospitals overseas
5 Continued -Mobile hospitals overseas
6 Cardiac clinic, Lawson General Hospital
7 Patient on neuropsychiatry ward, Percy Jones General Hospital
8 Scene on wards at neurology center, Ashburn General Hospital
9 Clinical laboratories overseas
9 Continued -Clinical laboratories overseas
10 Convalescence and reconditioning in hospitals
11 Specialty centers in general medicine
12 Fitzsimons General Hospital
14 Therapy used in treatment of arthritic patients
15 Conference of consultants in medicine, Office of the Surgeon General
16 Conference of military and civilian consultants in medicine, Ashford General Hospital
17 Collecting mosquito larvae in the field for study
18 Environmental conditions for Allied soldiers at prisoners-of-war camps in Japan
18 Continued - Environmental conditions for Allied soldiers at prisoners-of-war camps in Japan
18 Continued -Environmental conditions for Allied soldiers at prisoners-of-war camps in Japan
19 Typical picture of malnutrition in American prisoner of war recovered in Japan
20 Processing recovered Allied prisoners of war, 42d General Hospital, Japan
20 Continued - Processing recovered Allied prisoners of war, 42d General Hospital, Japan
21 Training in triage and evacuation of wounded
22 Performing operation under field conditions in a mobile hospital unit, Lawson General Hospital
23 Brig. Gen. Hugh J. Morgan visiting Col. Frank W. Wilson, MC, Moore General Hospital
24 Maneuvers in California desert
25 Medical installation, Ninth Service Command
26 Consultants in medicine, service commands
27 Consultants in medicine, service commands
28 Typical scene at a port of embarkation
30 Allergy program, Fourth Service Command
31 Patient brought to admission tent during Second U.S. Army maneuvers.
32 Occupational therapy, Madigan General Hospital
33 American Red Cross arts and crafts program, Fort Hayes
34 Training volunteer as laboratory technician
35 Section of Fourth Service Command Laboratory
36 Reconditioning, Percy Jones General Hospital
36 Continued - Reconditioning, Percy Jones General Hospital
37 Food service, Madigan General Hospital
37 Continued -Food service, Madigan General Hospital
38 Well-stocked pharmacy, Percy Jones General Hospital
39 Senior cadet nurses in training
40 Newly inducted soldiers giving data for personnel and classification records
41 New Picker portable X-ray equipment in the outpatient service, Camp Rucker
42 Separation Center, Fort Dix
43 Ambulances awaiting docking of hospital ship
44 Col. Perrin H. Long, MC, Consultant in Medicine, Medical Section, NATOUSA-MTOUSA
45 Open storage of medical supplies, Naples, Italy
46 British hospital ship, Algiers, North Africa
48 Admission of exhaustioned casualties to clearing station
49 Treatment of neuropsychiatric casualty under supervision of psychiatrist
50 Brig. Gen. Frederick A. Bless
51 Reghaia swamp, Algiers area, North Africa, 1943
52 Malaria control, Algiers area, North Africa, 1943
53 Making a blood smear for early recognition of malaria, North Africa, 1943
54 23d General Hospital situated between Bagnoli and Naples
56 Trenchfoot, Fifth U.S. Army, 1943
57 64th General Hospital, Leghorn, 1945
58 Air evacuation from Italy to North Africa
58 Continued - Air evacuation from Italy to North Africa
59 Hospital laboratory activities
60 Mobile laboratory, Florence area, 1945
61 German and Italian prisoners of war, North Africa,1943
62 Delousing of prisoners of war
63 Prisoners of war, Tunisia, 1943
65 German medical officers in hospital of U.S. prisoner-of-war stockade, Scandicci area, 1945
66 German prisoners of war, Italy, 1945
68 U.S. Army Field Ration K and British Ration
69 Medical Department soldiers of 10th Infantry Division
70 Fresh bread from 110thQuartermaster Bakery Co., January 1945
71 Occupational therapy, 21stGeneral Hospital, Italy, 1944
72 Reconditioning, 21st General Hospital, Italy, 1944
73 Weekly meeting of Fifth U.S. Army medical officers at 38th Evacuation Hospital, February 1944
74 8th Evacuation Hospital, Italy, January 1945
76 15th Medical General Laboratory, Italy, 1945
77 Col. William S. Middleton, MC, Chief Consultant in Medicine, ETOUSA
78 Col. James C. Kimbrough, MC, and Col. William S. Middleton, MC
80 ETO gas casualty treatment kit
81 Col. Ralph S. Muckenfuss, MC
82 Staff of the Medical Section, Headquarters, United Kingdom Base
83 Avenue Kieber, Paris, France, showing buildings occupied by Chief Surgeon, ETOUSA
84 Brig. Gen. Hugh J. Morgan on visit to ETO
85 Convalescent patient undergoing obstacle course training, 203d Station Hospital, England
86 Col. Edward M. Curley, VC, and Col. William S. Middleton, MC
87 British guests at regular series of banquets held by the Chief Surgeon, ETOUSA
88 30th General Hospital, England
89 Army Medical Field Service School, Shrivenham Barracks, England
90 Medical Field Service School, France
91 Lt. Col. James B. Mason, MC
94 Rear view of 108th General Hospital, France
95 Participants at Inter-Allied Consultants Conference, 1944
96 Col. William S. Middleton, MC, presiding, Inter-Allied Consultants Conference, 1944
97 Debility and malnutrition, characteristic of many recovered Allied personnel
98 Lt. Col. John Douglas, RAMC
99 Typical examples of hospital construction in United Kingdom for U.S. Army.
100 Provision of heat in Nissen-hut wards by two coal stoves
101 Long, open corridors at hospital of temporary Nissen-hut construction
102 38th Station Hospital, England
103 Establishment of an ideal, tented hospital facility
104 Troops of First Allied Airborne Army in glider during Arnhem operation
105 Col. James C. Kimbrough`s farewell party on the eve of his departure
106 Col. Donald M. Pillsbury, MC
107 Medical officers viewing display of benzyl benzoate preparations
108 Serology Section, 1st Medical General Laboratory, England
109 Venereal disease ward, 2d General Hospital, England
110 10th Medical Laboratory, First U.S. Army, France, 1944
112 Standard preparation of penicillin
113 Consultants in medicine, European theater
114 36th Station Hospital, England
115 Training section, 36th Station Hospital
116 Closed ward, 36th Station Hospital
117 Evacuation in United Kingdom in support of Normandy invasion
117 Continued - Evacuation in United Kingdom in support of Normandy invasion
118 130th General Hospital, Belgium
119 Medical ward, 130th General Hospital
120 Psychiatric service,130th General Hospital
121 Headquarters, Rehabilitation Section, 130thGeneral Hospital
122 Surgical ward, 130thGeneral Hospital
123 Buildings and grounds, 818th Hospital Center, Belgium
124 Neuropsychiatric program,130th General Hospital
124 Continued - Neuropsychiatric program, 130th General Hospital
125 Activities at the Rehabilitation (training ) Section, 130th General Hospital.
125 Continued - Activities at the Rehabilitation (Training) Section, 130th General Hospital
125 Continued - Activities at the Rehabilitation (Training) Section, 130th General Hospital
125 Continued - Activities at the Rehabilitation (Training) Section, 130th General Hospital
125 Continued - Activities at the Rehabilitation (Training) Section, 130th General Hospital
126 91st Medical Gas Treatment Battalion, Germany
127 Rest center for divisions of VI and XV Corps, Seventh U.S. Army, France
127 Continued - Rest center for divisions of VI and XV Corps, Seventh U.S. Army, France
128 Dr. Edward A. Strecker viewing the monuments at Stonehenge, England
129 Enlisted clinical psychologist working with patient, 130th General Hospital, Belgium
130 Psychiatric treatment,130th General Hospital
130 Continued -Psychiatric treatment, 130th General Hospital
133 Stanbridge Earls, England, rest home for officers suffering from flying fatigue
134 Consultants in medicine, European theater
135 1st Medical General Laboratory, England, 1944
136 The Washington Club, premier American Red Cross club, London, July 1942
137 Demonstration of mobile X-ray unit assembled at 5th General Hospital
138 Col. Theodore L. Badger, MC, examining chest X-ray films, 5th General Hospital, England
139 Col. Kenneth D. A. Allen`s mobile auxiliary X-ray unit set up in the field
141 Receiving area, 58th Field Hospital near Weymouth,1944
142 Reception of hospital trains and convoys, England
142 Continued - Reception of hospital trains and convoys, England
143 Wet casualties of Normandy invasion reach English shore, 7 June 1944
144 Typical shipload of walking wounded and nonbattle casualties arriving at Weymouth, June 1944
145 Normandy beachhead at time of Colonel Middleton`s visit, 1 July 1944
146 Breakthrough at St. Li, medical personnel and equipment move through ruins
148 Chest respirator used in treatment of cold injury
149 Soviet soldiers, freed by Third U.S. Army, partaking of emergency rations, Sarregue mines area
151 Care of recovered Allied personnel, 46thGeneral Hospital
151 Continued - Care of recovered Allied personnel,46th General Hospital
152 Routine control measures at 46th General Hospital
154 American and British prisoners recovered at a German brick factory
154 Continued - American and British prisoners recovered at a German brick factory
155 Malnutrition in a recovered Allied soldier
156 Typical assembly area conditions, Le Havre
157 Nurses undergoing medical processing for redeployment, Camp Carlisle, France, July 1945
158 U.S.A.H.S. Mactan upon her return to the Philippine Islands
159 Consultants in medicine, SWPA
161 Consultants at medical section, Headquarters, USASOS
162 117th Station Hospital, New Guinea
163 5th Station Hospital, Australia
164 124th Station Hospital, New Guinea
165 Office of the Surgeon, Base K, Philippine Islands
166 DDT dusting of Manila by C-47 aircraft
167 49th General Hospital at the Jockey Club, Manila
168 Santo Tomas University, Manila
169 Lt. Col. Homer K. Nicoll, MC, Commanding Officer, 13th General Hospital, New Guinea
170 98th Evacuation Hospital, Philippine Islands
171 Dispensary No. 2 operated by Philippine Civil Affairs Unit 21, Manila
172 Collecting station near front lines, Philippine Islands
173 Natives receiving treatment in hospitals operated by ANGAU
174 8th Medical Laboratory, Australia
174 Continued - Natives receiving treatment in hospitals operated by ANGUA
175 139th Station Hospital, New Guinea
176 Nurses from 251st Station Hospital, first to reach New Britain
177 Nurses at 30th Evacuation Hospital, Parang, Mindanao
179 Brig. Gen. James S. Simmons, visiting 19th Medical Laboratory
180 Whole blood in refrigerated container is delivered to Parang by L5B light aircraft
181 A medical supply depot in the Philippine Islands
182 Elevated native house in the Philippine Islands
184 Atabrine publicity campaign, 363d Station Hospital
185 Instruction at Malaria Control School, 8th Medical Laboratory, Australia
185 Continued -Instruction at Malaria Control School, 8th Medical Laboratory, Australia
186 Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger`s Sixth U.S. Army Headquarters, Goodenough Island
187 Bandicoot rat, host of mites transmitting scrub typhus
188 Scrub typhus control, 360th Station Hospital, Goodenough Island
189 Members of U.S.A. Typhus Commission in New Guinea
190 Facilities of U.S.A. Typhus Commission
192 Troops of 1st Cavalry Division impregnate their clothing
193 Poster urging preventive measures against scrub typhus
194 Consultants in medicine, SWPA
195 Snails of the type harboring cercariae, transmitters of schistosomiasis
196 Schistosomiasis exhibit and demonstration on Leyte
197 Prevalence of snails in Philippine streams and ponds
198 Rest after three continuous days in battle without relief, Los Negros
199 Geographic and climatic diversification, SPA
200 Chain of medical evacuation, New Georgia Island, July 1943
201 142d General Hospital area, Fiji Islands
202 Consultants in medicine, SPA
202 Continued -Consultants in medicine, SPA
203 Malaria control on New Georgia Island, October1944
204 Laboratory, 48th Station Hospital, Guadalcanal December 1944
205 Capt. Max Michael showing his underground incubator on Bougainville
206 Pasteur Institute, Bougainville Branch
207 Transfer of wounded from Higgins boat to Navy seaplane, Solomon Islands, July 1943
208 Forward area medical treatment facilities, Solomon Islands
210 Patrol shown 25 miles beyond the American lines, Bougainville, December,1944
211 Ward tents, casual convalescent company, Bougainville, December 1943
213 Men washing up in jungle waters after a four-day march, New Georgia Island
214 9th Station Hospital, New Caledonia, September 1943
215 Malaria control, Bougainville December 1943
216 Troops of the American Division embarking, Fiji Islands
217 25th Infantry Division on Guadalcanal January 1943
218 Underground ward, 21st Evacuation Hospital, Bougainville, April 1944
219 37th Infantry Division, Bougainville
220 Destruction at Hickam Field, Hawaii, 7 December 1941
221 Consultants in medicine, Central Pacific
221 Continued - Consultants in medicine, Central Pacific
222 Expansion of Tripler General Hospital
224 U.S. Army Hospital Ship Mercy
224 Continued - U.S. Army Hospital Ship Mercy
225 Occupational therapy, 204thGeneral Hospital
226 Medical Ward, 148th General Hospital, Saipan
227 39th General Hospital Saipan
227 Continued - 39th General Hospital Saipan
228 Medical officers on Okinawa, meeting to exchange ideas and discuss problems
229 Experiment conducted with mosquitoes, 219th Malaria Survey Detachment
230 Transfusion of whole blood during application of a transportation plaster cast
232 Landing operations on Okinawa
233 Clearing station, 102d Medical Battalion
234 Men and tanks, 7th Infantry Division, burning out enemy cave defenses
235 Engineers constructing bridge across jungle stream
236 Native child with encephalitis
237 Troops of 27th Division first to receive passive immunization of Japanese B encephalitis
238 Member of malaria control unit spraying weeds at edge of pond
239 Col. Herrman L. Blumgart, MC, Consultant in Medicine, CBI
240 Recreation hall, 20th General Hospital
242 Water purification plant, 18th General Hospital
244 Outdoor fireplaces, 69th General Hospital
245 Medical ward, 20thGeneral Hospital
246 Continued -Malaria control
247 Receiving office and medical wards, 73d Evacuation Hospital
247 Continued - Receiving office and medical wards, 73d Evacuation Hospital
248 Tick. infested jungle along Ledo Road
249 Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill, USA, with interpreters
250 Bivouac area along Ledo Road
251 Scrub typhus, typical eschar
252 Scrub typhus, macular eruption
253 Air-conditioned typhus wards, 20th General hospital
253 Continued - Air-conditioned typhus wards, 20th General hospital
255 Petroleum pumping station, 708th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company
256 Burmese nurse bandaging infected leg of Chinese soldier
257 Maj. Clarence S. Livingood, MC, studying flora, 20th General Hospital
258 Atypical lichen planus of foot observed at 20th General Hospital
259 Litter jeep, early link in chain of medical evacuation, Philippine Islands,1945
260 First echelon medical service
261 110th Evacuation Hospital, Germany, 1945
262 Processing liberated Soviet prisoners of war, Germany, 1945
263 41st Infantry Division, Australia
264 Consultants in medicine, field armies
265 4th Casual Company, 32d Division, marching to beach for supervised swimming, Australia, 1943
266 Intensive military training for 3d Casual Company,32d Division, Australia, 1943
267 Col. John R. Hall, MC, Surgeon, N Corps, demonstrating effects of atomic bomb, Hiroshima, 1946
268 Shock tent in a forward medical unit, Fifth U.S. Army, Italy, 1944
269 Use of blood and blood substitutes in field armies
270 Clinical laboratory, 8thEvacuation Hospital
271 Crowded facilities, 49th General Hospital
272 Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger, USA, visiting clearing station of 7th Infantry Division
273 Extremely busy 24th Field Hospital at recaptured Fort Stotsenburg, Philippine Islands
274 Consultants in medicine, field armies
275 Officers of the medical sections of the Third and Eighth U.S. Armies
275 Continued - Officers of the medical sections of the Third and Eighth U.S. Armies
276 Army headquarters area, Sixth U.S. Army, Philippine Islands, 1945
277 Medical supply services in a field army
Charts
1 Organization of Medical Section, North African theater
2 Organization of Medical Section, Mediterranean theater
3 Flow chart of patients at 130thGeneral Hospital from admission to disposition
4 Simplified organization chart, SWPA, 1942-45
5 Monthly admission rates, all causes, India-Burma theater, January 1943-August 1945
6 Monthly admission rates, all disease, India-Burma theater, January 1943-August 1945
7 Monthly incidence rates, diarrhea and dysentery, India-Burma theater, January 1943-August 1945
9 Noneffectiveness for diarrhea and dysentery and for malaria, India-Burma theater, 1944
10 Monthly attack rate for malaria, India-Burma theater, January 1943-August 1945
11 Incidence and deaths due to scrub typhus fever, India-Burma theater, 1 December 1943-31 July 1945
12 Monthly incidence rates, undiagnosed fever, India-Burma theater, January 1943-August 1945
14 Noneffective rates for common respiratory disease, India-Burma theater, January 1943-July 1945
16 Incidence of infectious hepatitis, India-Burma theater, January 1943-August 1945
17 Incidence and deaths due to poliomyelitis, India-Burma theater, January 1943-August 1945
Maps
1 Service Commands, Zone of Interior
2 Campaigns in North African and Mediterranean theaters, 1942-45
3 Base Sections, North African theater, July 1944
6 U.S. Army hospitals in India
7 U.S. Army hospitals in Assam, India and northern Burma
Tables
1 Publications prepared by Medical Consultants Division
1 Continued -Publications prepared by Medical Consultants Division
2 Autopsy reports-100 casualties dying from battle wounds or severe injuries
2 Continued -Autopsy reports-100 casualties dying from battle wounds or severe injuries
2 Continued -Autopsy reports-100 casualties dying from battle wounds or severe injuries
3 Weight of lungs and liver in 100 autopsied wounded
4 Disease and battle casualty rates, Okinawa, 6 April through 22 June 1945
5 Total cases and attack rate for malaria, India-Burma theater, 1 September-30 June 1945
7 Types of malaria observed in 20th General Hospital, April 1943-March 1945
8 Symptoms observed among cases of hookworm infestation, 20th General Hospital, 1945
10 Incidence of infectious hepatitis, India-Burma theater, January 1943-July 1945
11 Incidence of poliomyelitis, India-Burma theater, 1942-45
12 Incidence of typhoid fever, India-Burma theater, 1942-45
13 Incidence of paratyphoid fever, India-Burma theater, 1942-45
14 Incidence of smallpox, India-Burma theater, 1944-45
