Military hospital, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, July 1915. Artist: H Bedford Lemere.

Military hospital, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, July 1915. Artist: H Bedford Lemere.

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Military hospital, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, July 1915. Open air ward in the military hospital showing nurses and injured soldiers on the ward. Open air treatment was used to treat infections and wounds in the early 20th century. Dame Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford, converted part of Woburn Abbey into a military hospital during the First World War.

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