Rockefeller Demonstration Hospital, also known as Rockefeller base hospital and United States Army Auxiliary Hospital No. 1 was a

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designed, located and operated by

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History

The hospital received its first patient on July 26, 1917. The hospital was set up to promote the newly created

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, which was developed for the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research by

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and

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. On August 24, 1918 Rockefeller War Demonstration Hospital became United States Army Auxiliary Hospital No. 1, under the commanding general of what was then called the Hoboken Port of Embarkation (later renamed to

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). Between August 24, 1918 and its closure, the hospital trained 998 Medical Corps officers and enlisted men of the Army and Navy in the

and treated 237 patients. The war demonstration hospital was closed on April 5, 1919 Nancy Poultney Ellicott (1872-1944), Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research's Superintendent of Nurses (1909 - 1938) received a Medal of Honor from the Minister of Hygiene of France in 1926 for her work at the Rockefeller War Demonstration Hospital.

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* "History of United States Army Auxiliary Hospital No. 1, New York City,” by Maj. George A. Stewart, NI. C., United States Army * {{Commons category, Rockefeller War Demonstration Hospital Upper East Side 1910s in Manhattan Demolished buildings and structures in Manhattan Rockefeller University Defunct hospitals in Manhattan Hospitals of the United States Army Closed medical facilities of the United States Army World War I sites in the United States Military facilities in Manhattan Military history of New York City Installations of the United States Army in New York (state) 1917 establishments in New York City Hospitals established in 1917 Hospitals disestablished in 1919

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