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To say that World War I was gruesome is to understate the obvious. Updated weapons—like the 600-bullets-per-minute, rapid-fire machine gun, with a range of more than 1,000 yards—decimated infantries. Chlorine gas, phosgene, and mustard gas maimed more than killed, but caused devastating lung and skin damage. Hellish flame throwers terrorized troops. Deadly ordinance destroyed armies […]]]> https://evelynherwitz.com/2022/12/14/of-blood-transfusions-and-brain-magnets/feed/ 0 https://evelynherwitz.com/2022/04/29/letters-from-a-french-hospital/ https://evelynherwitz.com/2022/04/29/letters-from-a-french-hospital/#respond Fri, 29 Apr 2022 18:01:09 +0000 https://evelynherwitz.com/?p=1917

In October 1914, two-and-a-half months after Germany launched WWI in Europe, Dr. Mary M. Crawford, a graduate of Cornell University (’04) and Cornell Medical College (’07), set sail for France—one of six American surgeons journeying to Paris to assist in medical treatment of combatants at the American Ambulance Hospital at Neuilly-sur-Seine. In Line of Flight, […]]]> https://evelynherwitz.com/2022/04/29/letters-from-a-french-hospital/feed/ 0 https://evelynherwitz.com/2021/12/15/angels-in-waiting/ https://evelynherwitz.com/2021/12/15/angels-in-waiting/#respond Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:45:04 +0000 https://evelynherwitz.com/?p=1858

Uniforms are cultural artifacts. They encapsulate social values, priorities, gender biases, romanticized ideals, and more. Practicality factors in, too. During WWI, for example, combat soldiers stopped wearing bright colors that had characterized European military uniforms for centuries, in order to make themselves less visible to the enemy in trench warfare. As I built the world […]]]> https://evelynherwitz.com/2021/12/15/angels-in-waiting/feed/ 0