1915 Serbian Typhus Epidemic Administering Angels Angela Bowen Potter IUPUI WIMPS Presentation September 30 2014 Kathleen Burke Scottish Womens Hospital Administering Angels Administering Angel ID: 932529
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International response to the 1915 Serbian Typhus Epidemic
Administering Angels
Angela Bowen Potter
IUPUI- WIMPS Presentation
September 30, 2014
Slide2Kathleen BurkeScottish Women's HospitalAdministering Angels
Slide3Administering Angel
Slide4Angels of Mercy
Slide5Organized Women
Slide6Typhus Epidemic 1915
Slide7Administering Angels In Action
Slide8International Humanitarian Response to Typhus
First Missions
3 Plans developed
Typhus Defeated
Retreat of Missions
Slide9Serbia Typhus Epidemic 1915International Humanitarian Relief Project
Conference PaperDigital MapDigital Timeline
Slide10Serbia 1914
Slide11The Balkan Campaigns 1914
2
nd
Balkan
Campaign
December 1914
1
st
Balkan
Campaign
July 1914
Slide12Allied View of Serbia
Slide13Serbian Red Cross
Slide141914 Efforts
Slide151914 British EffortsFlora SandesBritish Volunteer with Mrs.
Grujic 9/1914
First SRF Assistance 11/1914
Slide16Serbian relief Fund
Slide17British Red Cross in SerbiaBRX in Skopje, 1915
BRX in Skopje, 1915
Slide18American Red Cross
Slide19Typhus “Raise it’s Ugly Head”December 1914
Slide20Typhus Cases January-march 1915
Slide21Typhus EpidemicNew Discoveries
Typhus
Slide22“the gravity of the Situation”January 1915
Slide23Russian Images of Typhus
Slide24Scottish women’s Hospitals: “send us where we are most needed”January 1915
Telegraph, January 1915
Fundraising, January 1915
Slide25Valjevo “Sort the Living From the Dead”
Emily Simmons, ARC
Slide26French Missions
Slide27Developing a Coordinated Plan?1. Skopje Plan- February 1915
British Red Cross, Serbian Relief Fund and Serbian Civilian GovernmentMedical and Public Health Missions2. RAMC Plan- February 1915British Royal Army Medical Corps, British Government and Serbian MilitaryPublic Health & Education
3. Paris Plan- March 1915French, American and British Red Crosses and governmentDivide Serbia into districts, with American and Brattish sectors
Slide28Skopje Plan- February 1915Dr. Katherine McPhail, SWH
British Red Cross, Serbian Relief Fund and Serbian Civilian GovernmentMedical and Public Health Missions
Slide29Berry Mission
Slide30RAMC Plan- February 1915British Royal Army Medical Corps, British Government and Serbian Military Public Health &
Education
Slide31RAMC Plan- February 1915
Slide32Scottish Women’s HospitalsDr. Elise Inglis
Slide33Serbian Relief FundMarch 1915
Claire Stobart
First Field Flying Hospital
Slide34Serbian Sanitary Relief CommissionAmerican red Cross and Rockefeller Foundation
Slide35French meetingMarch, 30 1915
Slide36March 30, 1915
Slide37April 1915
Slide38SWH
Slide39Summer 1915
Slide40Public Health Education
Slide41Fall 1915Before
After
Slide42Fall 1915
Slide43November & December 1915- retreat
Slide44Retreat
Slide45In SerbiaRemembering the Epidemic
Slide46Remembering the EpidemicSWH
SRF
Slide47ConclusionsEarly example of a large scale international humanitarian effort.
Mission advanced the state of medical research and type of response to epidemics. Used later in the war. Missions developed a new format of combining medical missions with public health efforts.
Response built broader commitments to the Serbian Front.Demonstrated that women could serve on the front lines as doctors and nurses.
Analysis of the administration of the efforts show the role of World War I in the way relief administered. Shows the need of a lead agency to coordinate the effort.
Slide48New Administering Angel?Ernest Bicknell
Slide49Administering Angel
Slide50Slide51Next Steps…