Biographical Information:

Verner Gaggin was a doctor during World War I.

Scope and Contents

Contains letters written during World War I by Captain Verner Gaggin, a doctor who served at Camp Oglethorpe, Georgia, to his wife Nell in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Topics discussed include day-to-day hospital proceedings and the impact of the Influenza epidemic of 1918.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care