Template:Did you know nominations/American Base Hospital No.57


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:24, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

American Base Hospital No. 57

 * ... that of the 19 Thai soldiers who died during World War I five died at the American Base Hospital No. 57? Source:  In Paris, Base Hospital No.57 took over a large school building ... all five deaths in the American Hospital in Paris
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Created by Esemono (talk). Self-nominated at 07:51, 28 December 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Article is new enough and long enough. Not a stub. No pic to review. It's neutral and references are adequate. AGF on offline sources. No copyvios or close paraphrasing seen. Hook is correctly formatted but is not very strong unless they died because they were at that particular hospital. It doesn't relate directly to the activities of the hospital. I assume they would probably have died whichever hospital they had been in. I also don't see the deaths attributed to the Spanish flu in the source? Can we have a new hook please? Philafrenzy (talk) 09:20, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
 * P.S. There's another source here including pictures of a triage centre and operating theatre that may be free to use as U.S. govt. publications? https://books.google.com/books?id=cTpU7iDjE6MC&pg=PA154 Philafrenzy (talk) 10:20, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Took out the Spanish Flu info. The Triage center looks like Hospital Base 45 in Tours but used the other picture. -- Esemono (talk) 12:06, 28 December 2017 (UTC)


 * ALT1... that the World War I American Base Hospital No. 57, in Paris, had a normal capacity of 1,800 beds but during October of 1918 had as many as 2000 patients? Source:  Paris, Base Hospital No.57 ... with a normal bed capacity of 1,800 ... during October 1918, as many as 2,000 sick and wounded were in the hospital.
 * ALT2... that the World War I American Base Hospital No. 57 had a normal capacity of 1,800 beds but during October of 1918 had as many as 2000 patients? Source:  Paris, Base Hospital No.57 ... with a normal bed capacity of 1,800 ... during October 1918, as many as 2,000 sick and wounded were in the hospital. 
 * Thanks but we are still not there on the hook. Saying it was normally 1800 and then increased to 2000 doesn't amount to much. The reviewer is not supposed to suggest hooks but how about going with the numbers of medical and dental patients treated? Philafrenzy (talk) 13:59, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
 * How about ALT3? Esemono (talk) 00:20, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Ticking Alt3. 8585 cases changed to 8505 cases per the earlier source of Ford (1927) which the Whytes cite as their source in 2008 when they gave a figure of 8585. Looks like a typo in the later source. Removed "further" from the hook as redundant. Nice article about a forgotten subject. Philafrenzy (talk) 08:22, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
 * ALT3... that from September 1918 until August 1919, when it left France, American Base Hospital No. 57 treated 8,505 surgical and medical cases, and 7,292 dental cases?