Doctors In The Great War

Author : Ian R. Whitehead
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473831506

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Doctors in the Great War by Ian R. Whitehead Pdf

Doctors played a bigger role in the First World War than in any other previous conflict. This reflected not only the War's unprecedented scale but a growing recognition of the need for proper medical cover. The RAMC had to be expanded to meet the needs of Britain's citizen army. As a result by 1918 some 13,000 doctors were on active service over half the nation's doctors.Strangely, historians have largely neglected the work of doctors during the War. Doctors in the Great War brings to light the thoughts and motivations of doctors who served in 1914-1918, by drawing on a wealth of personal experience documentation, as well as official military sources and the medical press. The author examines the impact of the War upon the medical profession and the Army. He looks at the contribution of medical students, and the extent to which new professional opportunities became available to women doctors.An insight into the breadth of responsibilities undertaken by Medical Officers is given through analysis of the work of various medical units on the Western Front, demonstrating the important role played by doctors in the maintenance of the Army's physical and mental well-being. The differences between civilian and military medicine are discussed with a consideration of the arrangements for the training of doctors, and an assessment of the difficulties faced by doctors in adapting to military priorities and dealing with new challenges such as gas poisoning, infected wounds and shell shock.Doctors in the Great War will undoubtedly appeal to general readers, students and specialists in the history of war and society, as well as to those with an interest in the medical profession.As featured in the Derby Telegraph, Dover Express and Kent & Sussex Courier

Author : Thomas Helling
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781643139005

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The Great War and the Birth of Modern Medicine by Thomas Helling Pdf

A startling narrative revealing the impressive medical and surgical advances that quickly developed as solutions to the horrors unleashed by World War I. The Great War of 1914-1918 burst on the European scene with a brutality to mankind not yet witnessed by the civilized world. Modern warfare was no longer the stuff of chivalry and honor; it was a mutilative, deadly, and humbling exercise to wipe out the very presence of humanity. Suddenly, thousands upon thousands of maimed, beaten, and bleeding men surged into aid stations and hospitals with injuries unimaginable in their scope and destruction. Doctors scrambled to find some way to salvage not only life but limb. The Great War and the Birth of Modern Medicine provides a startling and graphic account of the efforts of teams of doctors and researchers to quickly develop medical and surgical solutions. Those problems of gas gangrene, hemorrhagic shock, gas poisoning, brain trauma, facial disfigurement, broken bones, and broken spirits flooded hospital beds, stressing caregivers and prompting medical innovations that would last far beyond the Armistice of 1918 and would eventually provide the backbone of modern medical therapy. Thomas Helling’s description of events that shaped refinements of medical care is a riveting account of the ingenuity and resourcefulness of men and women to deter the total destruction of the human body and human mind. His tales of surgical daring, industrial collaboration, scientific discovery, and utter compassion provide an understanding of the horror that laid a foundation for the medical wonders of today. The marvels of resuscitation, blood transfusion, brain surgery, X-rays, and bone setting all had their beginnings on the battlefields of France. The influenza contagion in 1918 was an ominous forerunner of the frightening pandemic of 2020-2021. For anyone curious about the true terrors of war and the miracles of modern medicine, this is a must read.

Author : P. J. Casey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1785370057

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Irish Doctors in the First World War by P. J. Casey Pdf

Author : Harold W. McGill
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781552381939

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Medicine and Duty by Harold W. McGill Pdf

Medicine and Duty is the World War I memoir of Harold McGill, a medical officer in the 31st (Alberta) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. McGill attempted to have his memoir published by Macmillan of Canada in 1935, but unfortunately, due to financial constraints, the company was not able to complete the publication. Decades later, editor Marjorie Norris came upon a draft of the manuscript in the Glenbow Archives and took it upon herself to resurrect McGills story. Norris's painstaking archival research and careful editing skills have brought back to light a gripping first-hand account of the 31st Battalion and, on a larger scale, of Canada's participation in World War I. A wealth of additional information, including extensive notes and excerpts from letters written "from the trenches," lends a new sense of immediacy and realism to the original memoir, and provides a fascinating, harrowing glimpse into the day-to-day life of Canadian soldiers during the Great War.

Author : Wendy Moore
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781541672734

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No Man's Land by Wendy Moore Pdf

The "absorbing and powerful" (Wall Street Journal) story of two pioneering suffragette doctors who shattered social expectations and transformed modern medicine during World War I. A month after war broke out in 1914, doctors Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson set out for Paris, where they opened a hospital in a luxury hotel and treated hundreds of casualties plucked from France's battlefields. Although, prior to the war and the Spanish flu, female doctors were restricted to treating women and children, Flora and Louisa's work was so successful that the British Army asked them to set up a hospital in the heart of London. Nicknamed the Suffragettes' Hospital, Endell Street soon became known for its lifesaving treatments. In No Man's Land, Wendy Moore illuminates this turbulent moment of global war and pandemic when women were, for the first time, allowed to operate on men. Their fortitude and brilliance serve as powerful reminders of what women can achieve against all odds.

Author : Jessica Meyer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192557414

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An Equal Burden by Jessica Meyer Pdf

An Equal Burden is the first scholarly study of the Army Medical Services in the First World War to focus on the roles and experiences of the men of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). Though they were not professional medical caregivers, they were called upon to provide urgent medical care and, as non-combatants, were forbidden from carrying weapons. Their role in the war effort was quite unique and warranting of further study. Structured both chronologically and thematically, An Equal Burden examines the work that RAMC rankers undertook and its importance to the running of the chain of medical evacuation. It additionally explores the gendered status of these men within the medical, military, and cultural hierarchies of a society engaged in total war. Through close readings of official documents, personal papers, and cultural representations, Meyer argues that the ranks of the RAMC formed a space in which non-commissioned servicemen, through their many roles, defined and redefined medical caregiving as men's work in wartime.

Author : Kirkwood Katrina
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0995489300

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The Mystery of Isabella and the String of Beads by Kirkwood Katrina Pdf

Had the antique scapels really been used by a woman doctor, Isabella Stenhouse, to tend soldiers in WW1? Was it true that the strange string of beads tangled round her stethoscope was a gift from a grateful German prisoner of war? It was time to find out. As featured on the BBC Antiques Roadshow and in national media.

Author : Jacqueline Healy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Dentistry
ISBN : 0734051034

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Compassion and Courage by Jacqueline Healy Pdf

Author : Woods Hutchinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Medicine, Military
ISBN : UCLA:L0081032237

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The Doctor in War by Woods Hutchinson Pdf

Author : W. Douglas Fisher,Joann H. Buckley
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476663159

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African American Doctors of World War I by W. Douglas Fisher,Joann H. Buckley Pdf

In World War I, 104 African American doctors joined the United States Army to care for the 40,000 men of the 92nd and 93rd Divisions, the Army's only black combat units. The infantry regiments of the 93rd arrived first and were turned over to the French to fill gaps in their decimated lines. The 92nd Division came later and fought alongside other American units. Some of those doctors rose to prominence; others died young or later succumbed to the economic and social challenges of the times. Beginning with their assignment to the Medical Officers Training Camp (Colored)--the only one in U.S. history--this book covers the early years, education and war experiences of these physicians, as well as their careers in the black communities of early 20th century America.

Author : Claire Brock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107186934

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British Women Surgeons and their Patients, 1860-1918 by Claire Brock Pdf

A rich new examination of the cultural, social and self-representation of the woman surgeon in Britain from 1860 to 1918. This title is also available as Open Access.

Author : Andrew Davidson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : OCLC:1193389188

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A Doctor in the Great War by Andrew Davidson Pdf

"As a twenty-five-year-old medical officer and one of the first doctors to win the Military Cross, Fred Davidson took countless photographs while he served in the trenches from 1914-1915. Though he took them illegally, more than 250 of the photographs shot by Davidson and his fellow officers survived and are now shared for the first time in this harrowing, eye-catching, and poignant narrative of the Great War. In A Doctor in the Great War, author Andrew Davidson-the grandson of Fred-depicts the everyday lives of soldiers, both on and off duty: from the parade ground at Glasgow's Maryhill to the brothels of Armentieres, from the band of brothers who dubbed themselves "Old Contemptibles" to the original folding Kodak and Ansco cameras they used. It is the story of the 1st Cameronians, who achieved notoriety for selling the Great War's earliest front line photographs. And it is a deeply personal account of the pictures that have been passed down for three generations, describing the men who fought with Fred Davidson, the conditions they served in, the battles they saw, and the horrors they endured."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Peter Barham
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300125119

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Forgotten Lunatics of the Great War by Peter Barham Pdf

This is a poignant, sometimes ribald, history of the rank-and-file servicemen who were psychiatric casualties of World War One.

Author : Canada's National History Society
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443420174

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Canada's Great War Album by Canada's National History Society Pdf

Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, Canada's Great War Album is an unprecedented and remarkable collection of Canadian photographs, memorabilia, and stories of the war. Two years ago, Canada’s History Society invited Canadians to tell their family stories from the First World War. The response was overwhelming and assembled for the first time are their personal stories and photographs that together form a compelling and moving account of the war. Canada's Great War Album also includes contributions from Peter Mansbridge, Charlotte Gray, J. L. Granatstein, Christopher Moore, Jonathan Vance, and Tim Cook. In the spirit of the bestselling 100 Photos That Changed Canada, the war that changed Canada forever is reflected here in words and pictures.

Author : Heather Sheard,Ruth Lee
Publisher : Random House Australia
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Medical care
ISBN : 9780143794707

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Women to the Front by Heather Sheard,Ruth Lee Pdf

At the outbreak of World War I, 129 women were registered as medical practitioners in Australia, and many of them were eager to contribute their skills and expertise to the war effort. For the military establishment, however, the notion of women doctors serving on the battlefield was unthinkable. Undaunted, at least twenty-four Australian women doctors ignored official military policy and headed to the frontlines. This book explores the stories of the Australian women who served as surgeons, pathologists, anaesthetists and medical officers between 1914 and 1919. Despite saving hundreds of lives, their experiences are almost totally absent from official military records, both in Australia and Great Britain, and their achievements have remained invisible for over a century. Until now. Heather Sheard and Ruth Lee have compiled a fascinating and meticulously researched account of the Great War, seen through the eyes of these women and their essential work. From the Eastern to the Western Fronts, to Malta, and to London, we bear witness to the terrible conditions, the horrific injuries, the constant danger, and above all, the skill and courage displayed by this group of remarkable Australians. Women to the Front is a war story unlike any other.