Emory University School of Medicine

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Emory organized medical units in both world wars to care for wounded soldiers behind front lines. Recovery rooms developed during World War II for postoperative patients were so successful that they were brought home for civilian use after the war was over.

Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.

Emory University School of Medicine

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