U.S. Army Diagnosis Tag
date: label: date made
content: 1916-1918
label: contract date
content: 1918-06
notes: label: Description
content: Blue booklet of diagnosis tags for use by U.S. Army medical personnel during World War I. Typed in black ink on the front of the booklet is: "DIAGNOSIS / TAG / U.S. ARMY / For Use among Sick and Wounded / on the Battle-Field. / Contract, June 1918 / Field Medical Supply Depot, U.S. Army / W.H. Brewton, Contractor / Washington, D.C." Sick or wounded soldiers would receive a diagnosis tag from medical personnel in the field before being transported to a hospital for treatment. The tag was attached to the soldier's uniform near the chest via a thin metal wire. Diagnosis tags aided hospital workers in determining treatment priorities.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Military
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content: Modern Medicine and the Great War
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.303690E
label: catalog number
content: 303690E
label: accession number
content: 62728
objectType: label: Object Name
content: booklet
label: Other Terms
content: booklet; documents; Army
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 in x 1 in; 13.97 cm x 7.62 cm x 2.54 cm