“Every collection of photographs, especially those made in wartime, is remarkable. But Sheetz’s has something particularly remarkable for an American Sargent—official medical photographs of maxillofacial surgical patients, displaying in vivid clarity their wounds and their progress towards recovery. In the Sheetz collection are thirty-five portraits, stark images of maxillofacial patients like those that he and the team of dentists and surgeons in Neuilly-sur-Seine would have been treating. Whether or not the men in the images are in fact patients of Sheetz and Dr. Leonards remains unclear—but it is very likely they were treated at the American Red Cross Military Hopsital #1 and were photographed there for medical reference.”
By Katherine Akey, WW1 scholar -- “Hidden Faces of WW1: Maxillofacial Portraits Preserved” -- Read Roy Sheetz’ beautiful story & see the remarkable photos @ Circulating Now – From the Historical Collections of the National Library of Medicine -- Photo: WW1, Nurse, doctors, and patients sharing a meal at the American Red Cross Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Sheetz is center front row.
