Casts applied to patient at the 8th Portable Surgical Hospital, Philippine Islands, on J-Day +3 World War II Wounds and Injuries Hospitals, Military Courtesy of the National Museum of Health and Medicine: "Patient, a casualty of a Japanese landmine explosion was from the 163rd Infantry. Albee type orthopedic table was made by Technician 3rd Class Rudolph Henkel (right foreground), Surgical Technician from Baltimore, Maryland out of Japanese pipe and ammunition rods, 1 piece from a stove pump, 1 piece from windshield of a Jeep.". The auxiliary surgical hospitals (later called Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals) were conceived and developed by DeBakey and the Surgical Consultants in the first years of World War II. They greatly improved battlefield injury survival rates by getting surgical care closer to the front lines. Photos like this, taken during the last years of the war, provide a closer look at the operations of the surgical units. National Museum of Health and Medicine. Otis Historical Archives. Museum and Medical Arts Service Photographs United States. Army United States Army Photographic prints Archival Materials Still Image 1 pages nlm:nlmuid-101743405X301-img 101743405X301 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101743405X301 Profiles ID: FJBBSV No linguistic content Profiles in Science