A U.S Army Medical Base in World War I France : Life and Care at Bazoilles Hospital Center, 1918-1919

Today, nothing in the small village of Bazoilles-sur-Meuse in the north-east of France bears witness to the presence of Bazoilles Hospital Center during World War I. Yet, in 1918-1919, over 63,000 American soldiers received treatment for wounds or disease at the U.S. Army base hospitals that constituted the 13,000-bed capacity hospital center. Three out of every hundred American servicemen and women in Europe were admitted to Bazoilles Hospital Center at some point during their overseas service. The highly illustrated book Bazoilles Hospital Center in World War I by Dr. Peter Wever from the Netherlands sets out to describe daily life and medical care at the hospital center providing the reader with a vivid picture of what conditions were like for both patients and medical personnel. Intimate stories of those who worked, were treated-or died-at Bazoilles Hospital Center are provided throughout the book.