World War I Hospital/Medical Worker Diary. 1918 France. In a Daily Reminder Calendar for 1918
No Place: No publisher, 1918. Cloth. Good. Item #021403
World War I Hospital/Medical Worker Diary. 1918 France. In a Daily Reminder Calendar for 1918. Red cloth. 365 pp., one for each day of the year. No name/author given. Some entries rather faded, and most written in pencil. Handwriting is sometimes illegible. We speculate the author may have been an officer in the AEF, as many of their entries refer to daily inspections, and they reference an officer training drill in one entry. Many entries also refer to lieutenants, majors, and other officers, although very rarely giving names, instead using a single initial. It appears they were part of the AEF's hospital unit, with mention of being at a frontline ambulance (medical facility) run by French forces, and called Ambulance de Bois Roger (see Feb. 12). First entry for January 1st indicates the author was in Langres, France with the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) and mentions that school is out and he took a walk. They describe waiting for orders, eventually being moved to Liffol-le-grand and Camp Hospital 18 for the month of January. By Early February entries are from Field Hospital 101. A hand drawn map/plan of Ambulance de Bois Roger appears on February 12. They describe setting up a triage (with plan). On February 17, "considerable artillery to the east" is mentioned and the author, as well as their going to an abandoned trench on the ridge. German biplanes are referred to, using the French term avion boche. Boche was a derogatory term for Germans, and the word appears off and on in entries going forward, including March 8th where it states, "Some boche in the air." They also mention that two were killed. By April the author is back at Camp Hospital 18 (another map/plan of the facility appears) and Field Hospital 101. Entries pretty much cease by April 23, with a few scattered entries, short, a few long," through the rest of the book. In general, the diarist discusses basic day to day operations at the various medical facilities, as well as planning, interactions with others, basic orders, etc. GOOD condition. Residue/staining on the front cover. General fading. Minor soiling and edgewear. Some bumping.
Price: $500.00