The medical war : British military medicine in the First World War / Mark Harrison.

By:

Harrison, Mark, 1964- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0199575827
9780199575824

Other title:

British military medicine in the First World War

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

940.341 23

LOC classification:

D629.G7 H37 2010

Contents:

Building the medical machine : the Western front, 1914-June 1916 -- The machine in motion : the Western front, July 1916-November 1918 -- War, health, and citizenship : preventive medicine on the Western front -- Gallipoli : the failure of command -- "Wonder and pain" : Mesopotamia, November 1914-May 1916 -- War against nature : malaria in Salonika, East Africa, and the Middle East -- Military medicine in transition : Mesopotamia, June 1916-November 1918.

Summary: 'The Medical War' describes the role of medicine in the British Army during the First World War. It argues that medicine played a vital part in the war, helping to sustain the morale of troops and their families, and reducing the wastage of manpower.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

'The Medical War' describes the role of medicine in the British Army during the First World War. It argues that medicine played a vital part in the war, helping to sustain the morale of troops and their families, and reducing the wastage of manpower.

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