@article {Coombs224, author = {Howard G. Coombs}, title = {A uniquely Canadian military moment: Sam Hughes and the No. 7 General Hospital, 1915{\textendash}1916}, volume = {60}, number = {4}, pages = {224--227}, year = {2017}, doi = {10.1503/cjs.008717}, publisher = {Canadian Journal of Surgery}, abstract = {Universities across Canada actively supported the call to arms in 1914, and Queen{\textquoteright}s University in Kingston, Ontario, was no different. Though a myriad of units composed of Queen{\textquoteright}s faculty and students were created, the university perceived the military hospital raised by the school{\textquoteright}s medical faculty to be among its most vital contributions to the First World War. This commentary describes the engagement of the No. 7 General Hospital with the Minister of Militia, Sam Hughes, which has become an almost unknown footnote to its illustrious story. This commentary has an Appendix, available at canjsurg.ca.}, issn = {0008-428X}, URL = {https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/60/4/224}, eprint = {https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/60/4/224.full.pdf}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Surgery} }