This article featured in September 6, 1917 Bridgeton Pioneer, discusses the Red Cross’s enrollment of 12,000 nurses abroad during wartime. The committee on nursing of the general medical board of the Council of National Defense was responsible for this overwhelming…
Category: Blasts from the Past!
Race to a Vaccine
Currently, the world is developing a vaccine for the novel coronavirus. While we take pride in the advancements that have been made, we should also look at previous historical discoveries in virology and how these led to where we are…
Fighting Women of Fighting Men
In 1918 and the world was engulfed in two extraordinary conflicts. War raged through Europe and a complicated web of treaties and mutual defense pacts resulted in countries across the globe fighting for one side or another. Simultaneously a pandemic…