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William Jason Mixter was a Harvard-trained surgeon at the top of his profession when he signed on with the Red Cross in 1915, intending to take his skills to the trenches of France. Almost two years later, when the United States entered the war, Mixter volunteered for service in the Army, and was assigned to duty at Base Hospital No. 6. Mixter had come by his skills honestly, as son on Samuel Jason Mixter (Harvard med., 1879) and brother of Charles Galloupe Mixter (Harvard med. 1906), both long associated with the medical faculty at Harvard.

Mixter's papers contain a large body of correspondence and photographs relating to his experiences in the American Army during the First World War. Consisting both of letters from Mixter and to him, they provide a thorough, at times vivid depiction of surgical work in France and medical administration during war time.

M-3181 and M-3198.1

Subjects

Physicians
United States. Army--Surgeons
World War, 1914-1918
Mixter, Samuel Jason, d. 1926

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