WWI Photo US Army Hospital Fort Des Moines Iowa Annals Of Surgery Martin Tinker

Description: WWI Photo US Army Hospital Fort Des Moines Iowa Annals Of Surgery Martin Tinker 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 Group photo with Fort Des Moines Hospital in the background - Original Photo Fort Des Moines is a military installation in Des Moines, Iowa. During World War I, the fort served as the first and only training site for African American officers. In August 1918, Fort Des Moines converted into a hospital to provide treatment to bedridden soldiers. It became a general hospital on September 21, 1918. The hospital received a wave of patients after the Armistice on November 11, 1918, and stretched its 1,500 bed capacity to welcome 1,829 soldiers. The hospitals primary specialty was providing orthopedic treatment to casualties from Europe, including many soldiers who received amputations in Europe. Facing a shortage of supplies, the forts orthopedics workshop invented innovative prosthetic designs. The Fort Des Moines Leg was quicker to produce, more durable, cheaper, and easier to fit than the government provisional leg. The Red Cross also held classes for patients at the fort. Class topics included animal husbandry, auto repair, reading, typing, arithmetic, stenography. These classes intended to provide amusement for patients, but also to hone occupational skills and prepare for life after the war. In October 1919, the hospital was placed under a quarantine order due to the outbreak of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918. Around 300 cases of the flu were reported at Fort Des Moines. The number of patients declined in the fall of 1919, and the Surgeon General decided to close the hospital. During the interwar years, it returned to its previous occupation of a cavalry post.

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