The Second Battlefield: Nurses in the First World War at National World War I Museum and Memorial, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, 3 November 2015 – 6 March 2016
https://theworldwar.org
Nursing played a crucial role during the First World War. Emergency medical practices evolved enormously during the war years (1914–1918) and thousands more medical workers were involved than in previous wars. New and innovative practices included blood transfusions, the use of antiseptics, local anesthetics, and painkillers. The Second Battlefield: Nurses in the First World War is comprised of predominantly French WWI artwork aligning with the quasi-myths of wartime nursing as described by author Christine Hallett: the courageous voluntary aid detachment, the romantic nurse and the “nurse-as-heroine.”