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Description: | British civilian medical student at Cambridge University and volunteer at hospital in Cambridge, 1914-1918; doctor at University College Hospital, London, 1918-1919
REEL 1 Recollections of period as medical student, Cambridge, 1914-1918: impact of war on life at Cambridge University; helping out at hutted hospital, Cambridge; shortage of qualified medical staff; reasons for choosing to study medicine; attitude towards medical career pre-war; call up of male doctors. Recollections of period as doctor at University College Hospital, London: attitude of male colleagues and nursing staff to wards women doctors; military ward at hospital; influenza epidemic and emergence of Parkinsons disease, 1918; symptoms of influenza; high incidence of TB and treatments available.
REEL 2 Continues: talk given to medical students by female doctor; attitude towards medical work; education pre-war; illnesses and wounds treated; shortage of young men and impact of this on social life; reading Rupert Brooke's poetry and reaction to his death; news of wars progress; Armistice day celebrations; knowledge of conscientious objectors.
REEL 3 Continues: contrast between First and Second World Wars; food shortages; helping out with potato picking, Cambridge; living conditions; impact of war on situation of women; lack of social life. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Smith, Lyn E | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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