Patients being loaded in ambulance plane, Maingkwan, Burma Patients being loaded in ambulance plane, Maingkwan, Burma

Contributor(s): United States. Army National Museum of Health and Medicine. Otis Historical Archives. Museum and Medical Arts Service Photographs Publication: Produced: 20 March 1944 Language(s): No linguistic content Format: Still image Subject(s): World War II Wounds and Injuries Hospitals, Military Genre(s): Archival Materials Photographic prints Abstract: Courtesy of the National Museum of Health and Medicine: "The patients were brought by ambulance from the the 42nd and 46th Portable Surgical Hospital below Walabum, Burma. The patients were then flown to Ledo for 73rd and 20th General Hospitals.". The auxiliary surgical hospitals (later called Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals) were conceived and developed by DeBakey and the Surgical Consultants in the first years of World War II. They greatly improved battlefield injury survival rates by getting surgical care closer to the front lines. Photos like this, taken during the last years of the war, provide a closer look at the operations of the surgical units. Copyright: This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use. Extent: 1 pages NLM Unique ID: 101743405X297 (See in Profiles in Science) Profiles in Science ID: FJBBSP Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101743405X297 Archival Collection: The Michael E. DeBakey Papers (Profiles in Science)