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 An argument by Navy Surgeon General William Van Reypen in favor of a proposed Ambulance Ship excerpted from the US Navy Surgeon General's Annual Report 1897.<div><br></div><div>Includes 5 blueprints of proposed ship that were not published with the article, but remain in BUMED's archives. A similar ship was soon built as the USS Solace (AH-2)</div>
<br>Subjects: hospital ship; medical evacuation; military medicine</div>
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Van Reypen, William</div>
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