Identifier	VC025301
Title	Major Fred T. Murphy, S. S. St. Paul
Date.Original	[1917]
Date.Digital	2003-08-18
Description.Physical	1 slide - lantern
Description	Major Fred T. Murphy on the deck of the S. S. St. Paul en route from New York to Liverpool. Murphy, a professor of surgery at Washington University, was appointed director of Base Hospital 21 when it was formed in 1916 under the sponsorship of the Red Cross. Major J. D. Fife, of the Medical Corps of the Regular Army, took command of the unit the week prior to its sailing to England in May 1917. Fife led Base Hospital 21 until October 18, 1917, when he was ordered to the office of the Chief Surgeon of the A.E.F. Murphy, who had been director of the medical work, resumed command of the unit at that time. On May 15, 1918, Murphy was transferred to the A.E.F. and later became head of the Medical and Surgical Service of the Red Cross. After the war Murphy was faced with deciding whether to continue teaching and practicing surgery or to return to Detroit and administer his family's trust. Though Murphy opted to administer the Murphy Family Trust, he maintained his membership in various surgical organizations until his death in 1948.
Provenance	Gift - Arthur W. Proetz, MD - 1990 - (90-061)
Subject.PersonalName	Murphy, Fred T., 1872-1948
Subject.Corporate	United States. Army. Base Hospital 21; St. Paul (Steamship)
Subject.LCSH	Transportation, Military
Subject.Geographic	Military Personnel
Source	VC025
Collection Name	Medicine in Times of Need - 21st General Hospital, Base Hospital 21
Relation.IsPartOf	Base Hospital 21 Collection
Publisher	Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine
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Format	jpeg
Type	Photographs
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