- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Date of Original:
- 1941/1945
- Subject:
- College students--Georgia--Atlanta
Women college students--Georgia--Atlanta
Emory University
Emory University. School of Medicine
Medical students--Georgia--Atlanta
Women medical students--Georgia--Atlanta
Banners--Georgia--Atlanta
Caduceus--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
Emblems--Georgia--Atlanta
Emory University--Seal
World War, 1939-1945 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Emory organized medical units in both world wars to care for wounded soldiers behind front lines. Recovery rooms developed during World War II for postoperative patients were so successful that they were brought home for civilian use after the war was over.
Photograph of a World War II medical unit from the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Three men and three women dressed in military dress uniforms hold up a cloth banner emblazoned with the "Emory Unit." Below the text is the seal of Emory University with caducei on either side. The unit stands outside. The school organized medical units in both world wars to care for wounded soldiers behind front lines. Recovery rooms developed during World War II for postoperative patients were so successful that they were brought home for civilian use after the war was over. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/world-war-ii-in-georgia/m-2689/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/emory-university-school-medicine
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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