A profusely illustrated history covering the full range of Walter Reed Army Medical Center's activities in service to the Army and the Nation. Some of the pictures are in color. Each of the chapters covers a decade. Pictures show the buildings, some of the soldiers who have stayed at Walter Reed during recovery, nurses, visitors, including some Presidents, and landscape views.
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A profusely illustrated history covering the full range of Walter Reed Army Medical Center's activities in service to the Army and the Nation. Some of the pictures are in color. Each of the chapters covers a decade. Pictures show the buildings, some of the soldiers who have stayed at Walter Reed during recovery, nurses, visitors, including some Presidents, and landscape views.
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Linda R. Youngblood-Sales (Cover Photographic Desi. Very good in very good jacket. xiv, 279, [3] pages. Illustrations (Many in color). Maps. Appears to be published in 2009, but Preface lists Col. Norvell Coots as Commander from 2008 to 2011. The Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC)-known as Walter Reed General Hospital (WRGH) until 1951-was the U.S. Army's flagship medical center from 1909 to 2011. Located on 113 acres (46 ha) in Washington, D.C., it served more than 150, 000 active and retired personnel from all branches of the military. The center was named after Major Walter Reed (1851-1902), an army physician who led the team that confirmed that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes rather than direct contact. Since its origins, the WRAMC medical care facility grew from a bed capacity of 80 patients to approximately 5, 500 rooms covering more than 28 acres of floor space. WRAMC combined with the National Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland in 2011 to form the tri-service Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC). "Walter Reed's Clinic, " the location of the present day health clinic at Washington D.C., occupies what was from 1898 until 1909 the General Hospital at what was then Washington Barracks, long before the post was renamed in honor of Lt. Gen. McNair who was killed in 1944. The hospital served as the forerunner of Walter Reed General Hospital; however, the Victorian era waterfront dispensary remains and is perhaps one of America's most historically significant military medical treatment facilities. It is reported that Walter Reed lived and worked in the facility when he was assigned as Camp Surgeon from 1881 to 1882. After having served on other assignments, he returned as Professor of Medicine and Curator of the Army Medical Museum.
