Under the auspices of the United States Army, CME in 1926 officially organized the 47th General Hospital. The staff of the 47th included physicians, nurses, physical therapists, and administrative officers. But the need for the 47th grew dormant with peace. However, as the World War II spread across the globe, the 47th was reactivated. All but one of the officers of the 47th General Hospital were Adventists, and about 60 of these were CME graduates. Additional information on the 47th General Hospital: Ministry Magazine: "How God Used a Hospital"
Photographs of the 47th General Hospital in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea in 1944 are available here: 47th General Hospital in Milne Bay
This collection is the official newsletter of the 47th General Hospital (Los Angeles) under the direction of Cyril B. Courville, M.D., Major, Medical Corps Reserve and Commandant, Medical Cadet Corps.
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Volume 3, Number 6
3-13-1940
Inside this issue:
- Selection, Training, and Promotion of Noncommissioned Officers
- Exercise
-- General Situation
-- First Special Situation
--- Requirement
-- Second Special Situation
--- Requirement
-- Third Special Situation
--- Requirement -
Volume 3, Number 5
2-14-1940
Inside this issue:
- Training of Enlisted Men for Headquarters Service
- Exercise
-- General Situation
-- Special Situation
-- Special Situation No. 1
--- Requirement
-- Special Situation No. 2
--- Requirement
-- Special Situation No. 3
--- Requirement
-- Special Situation No. 4
--- Requirement
-- Special Situation No. 5
--- Requirement
-- Special Situation No. 6
-- Requirement -
Volume 3, Number 4
1-10-1940
Inside this issue:
- Technical Training of Enlisted Men
- Exercise
-- General Situation
-- Special Situation
-- Situation I
--- Requirement
-- Situation II
--- Requirement
-- Situation III
--- Requirement -
Volume 3, Number 3
12-13-1939
Inside this issue:
- Instruction on General Hospital Procedure Training of Ward Men
- Exercise
-- General Situation
-- Special Situation
-- Requirement
-- Problem
- Solution of Special Problem No. 2 Series of 1939 - 40
-- Outline of Instruction
--- First Week
--- Second Week
--- Third Week
--- Fourth Week
--- Example of Day's Training
--- Example of Schedule of Instruction -
Volume 3, Number 2
11-8-1939
Inside this issue:
- Selection of Enlisted Men for Detailed Function of Administrative, Professional and Supply Services
- Exercise
-- General Situation
-- Special Situation
-- Requirement
-- Units -
Volume 3, Number 1
10-11-1939
Inside this issue:
- The Peace-time Training Program of a General Hospital
-- First Objective
-- Second Objective
-- Third Objective
-- Fourth Objective
-- Fifth Objective
-- Training Program Methods and Dates
-- Sixth Objective
-- Seventh Objective -
Volume 2, Number 4
2-8-1939
Inside this issue:
- Professional Service in a General Hospital, Cyril B. Courville, Major, Med-Res.
- Exercise
-- General Situation
-- First Special Situation
-- Requirement 1
-- Second Special Situation
-- Requirement 2
-- Third Special Situation
-- Requirement 3
- Special Lesson No. 4 (1938-39 Series) (organization chart)
- Solution
- Special Text No. 4 (1938-39 Series)
- The Principle of Reciprocal Function Between the Medical and Surgical Services of a General Hospital
-- Variations in the Professional Service in a General Hospital
-- A plan for Readjustment of Beds and Personnel under Variable Situations
-- Functional Classification of the Professional Services
-- Shift of Personnel in Emergent Situations
--- The Unit System
--- Plan of Function of the Unit System
- Summary
- Fixes vs. Non-fixed Personnel (organization chart) -
Volume 2, Number 3
1-11-1939
Inside this issue:
- Organization of a General Hospital - III, Ben E. Grant, Major, Med-Res.
-- Exercise
--- General Situation
--- First Special Situation
--- Requirement 1
--- Second Special Situation
--- Requirement 2
- Special Text No. 3 (1938-39 Series)
-- Professional Service in a General Hospital
--- Essential Differences in Medical Service in a Civilian as Command to a Military Hospital
--- Note
--- Composition of Professional Division
--- General
--- Duties of Chief of Service
--- Executive
--- Chief of Sections
--- Staff Meetings
--- Disposition Board
--- Reports
- Solution
-- Requirement 1
-- Requirement 2
- Solution Special Problem No. 3 (1938-9 Series) First Requirement (organization chart) -
Volume 2, Number 2
11-9-1938
Inside this issue:
- Organization of a General Hospital - II, Cryil B. Courville, Major, Med-Res.
- Exercise
-- General Situation
-- First Special Situation
-- Requirement
-- Second Special Situation
-- Requirement
-- Third Special Situation
-- Requirement
- Special Text No. 2 (1938-39 Series)
-- Organization
--- Basis of Organization
--- Major Divisions
--- Composition of Administrative Division
--- Composition of Professional Division
-- Instructions to Commissioned Officers
--- General Instructions
-- Duties of Administrative Officers
--- Executive Officer
--- Adjutant
--- Training Officer
--- Chief Nurse
--- Commanding Officer, Detachment Medical Department
--- Hospital Inspector
--- Medical Supply Officer
--- Mess Officer
--- Police Officer
--- Registrar
--- Summary Court Officer
--- Chaplin
--- Quartermaster
-- Professional Service
--- General
--- Hospital Staff Meetings
--- Duties of Chief of Service
--- Executive
--- Chiefs of Sections
--- Staff Meetings
--- Reports
- Solution Special Problem No. 2 (1938-9 Series) First Requirement (organization chart)
- Second Requirement
- Third Requirement -
Volume 2, Number 1
10-7-1938
Inside this issue:
- Organization of a General Hospital, Cyril B. Courville, Major, Med.-Res.
- Exercise
-- General Situation
-- First Special Situation
-- Requirement
-- Second Special Situation
-- Requirement
- Special Tex No. 1 (1938-39 Series)
- Table 638W.--General Hospital (Normal Capacity: 1,000 Patients)
- Remarks
- Solution -
Volume 1, Number 5
2-9-1938
Inside this issue:
- Records of a General Hospital, Ben. E. Grant, Major, Medical Reserve Corps
-- Exercise
-- General Situation
-- Special Situation
-- Requirement
- Special Text No. 2, Records of a General Hospital
-- Military Hospitals
--- Station Hospitals
--- General Hospitals
--- Military Hospitals in War
-- Administration of Fixed Hospitals
--- Hospital Services
--- Service Record of Patient Detached from His Organization
-- Professional Reports
--- 1. Sick and Wounded Reports
--- 2. Clinical Reports
-- Records in Professional Service
--- 1. Records Kept by Receiving and Evacuation Office
--- 2. Records Kept by Ward Officer
--- 3. Records Kept by Officer of the Day
-- Professional Reports: Sectional
--- 1. Reports -- Contagious Diseases
--- 2. Records -- Orthopedic Section
--- 3. Syphilitic Registers
--- 4. Physio-Therapy Section Records
--- 5. File of Records and Roentgenograms
--- 6. Records for Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Section
-- Discharge of Patients
--- Procedure to Discharge Patient from Hospital
--- Disposition of Patient's Bed Card and Disposition Form
--- Notification to Soldier's Commanding Officer and Surgeon
--- Rendition of Death Report
- Special Text No. 2, Part II, Daily Sick Report
-- Special Situation
--- First Requirement
--- Second Requirement
- Special Text No. 3, Daily Sick Report
-- Organization Commander's Report
-- Line of Duty Status
-- General Data
-- References -
Volume 1, Number 4
1-26-1938
Inside this issue:
- Mobilization of a General Hospital and Duties of Its Officer Personnel on "M" Day*, Carlton S. Allen, Major, Medical Reserve Corps 369th Medical Regiment
-- Definitions
-- Shelter
-- Phases of Mobilization
-- Personnel
-- Supplies
-- Problem
-- Action of Commanding Officers
-- Appointment of Special Officers
-- Physical Examinations
-- Office Supplies
-- Subsistence
-- Care of the Sick
-- Training
- "The Hospitaler" - The Adjutant's Column
-- Important Notice
-- Active Duty
-- Unit Meetings
-- Medical Reserve Pistol Team
- Next Unit Meeting
- Sergeant Sam Spoofer Says -- -
Volume 1, Number 3
1-12-1938
Inside this issue:
- 47th General Hospital Training Schedule
-- Exercise
--- General Situation
--- First Special Situation
-- Requirement
--- Second Special Situation
--- Third Special Situation
- Special Text No. 1 Principals Applicable to Training of General Hospital Personnel
-- Training Management
-- Basic Principles of Training
-- Classification of Training
--- 1. Basic Military Training
--- 2. Technical Training
-- Plan of Training
-- Mechanism of Instruction
-- Duties of Subordinate Officers in the Training Program
-- Standards of Proficiency
-- Training Objectives
-- Training Guides
-- Obstacles to Training
-- Inspections
- Solution to Special Lesson No. 1 - Training Program of a General Hospital -
Volume 1, Number 2
12-20-1937
Inside this issue:
- A Scenario Demonstration of Military Courtesies, Under the Auspices of the 47th General Hospital, Lieut. Col. Newton Evans, Commanding
-- I. The Purpose
-- II. Texts
-- III. Preparation
-- IV. The Procedure
-- Opening Ceremony
-- A. Courtesies of the Drill Field
-- B. Courtesies of the Athletic Field
-- C. Courtesies Indoors
-- D. Courtesies at an Army Post
-- Closing Ceremony
- Military Courtesies - A Demonstration Conducted by the Staff of the 47th General Hospital, Lieut. Col. Newton Evans, Commanding
-- (Opening Ceremony)
-- A. Courtesies on the Drill Field
-- B. Courtesies on the Athletic Field
-- C. Courtesies Indoors
-- D. Courtesies at an Army Post
-- (Closing Ceremony) -
Military Courtesies
12-1937
- A Demonstration Conducted by the Staff of the 47th General Hospital, Lieut. Col. Newton Evans, Commanding
-- (Opening Ceremony)
-- A. Courtesies on the Drill Field
-- B. Courtesies on the Athletic Field
-- C. Courtesies Indoors
-- D. Courtesies at an Army Post
-- (Closing Ceremony) -
Volume 1, Number 1
12-1937
Inside this issue:
- The Hospitalers by Cyril B. Courville, Major, Medical Reserve Corps
- Next Unit Meeting
- Book review
- Schedule of Coming Meetings, 47th General Hospital
- Sergeant Sam Spoofer Says --
- Personal 47th General Hospital
-- Administrative
-- Medical Service
-- Surgical Service
-- Dental Service
-- Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Service
-- Laboratory
- Lance and Basin
- The Medical Cadet Corps