Rockefeller War Demonstration Hospital

Rockefeller Demonstration Hospital, also known as Rockefeller base hospital and United States Army Auxiliary Hospital No. 1 was a World War One era field hospital designed, located and operated by Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in Manhattan, New York City.^[1][2][3]

United States Army Auxiliary Hospital No. 1
U.S. Army Medical Department
Rockefeller War Demonstration Hospital
Geography
Location	Rockefeller University campus, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York, United States
Coordinates	40°45′45″N 73°57′20″W
Organization
Care system	U.S. Army Medical Department
Funding	Government hospital
Type	Specialist
Affiliated university	Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
Services
Speciality	Field
History
Former name(s)	Rockefeller War Demonstration Hospital
Opened	July 26, 1917
Closed	April 5, 1919
Links
Lists	Hospitals in New York State
Other links	Hospitals in Manhattan Former United States Army medical units

History

The hospital received its first patient on July 26, 1917.^[4] The hospital was set up to promote the newly created Carrel–Dakin method, which was developed for the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research by Alexis Carrel and Henry Drysdale Dakin.

One of the hospital wards.

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 New York Port of Embarkation).^[2]

Between August 24, 1918 and its closure, the hospital trained 998 Medical Corps officers and enlisted men of the Army and Navy in the Carrel–Dakin method and treated 237 patients.^[5]

The war demonstration hospital was closed on April 5, 1919^[2]

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.^[6][7]

See also

• U.S. Army General Hospital No. 1 - previously Columbia War Hospital.