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Author Harrison, Mark, 1964-

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

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  940.341 H247m 2010    ---  Available
Description xv, 346 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-331) and index.
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.
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Medical care.
Medicine, Military -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Military Medicine -- history -- Great Britain.
History, 20th Century -- Great Britain.
World War I -- Great Britain.
ISBN 9780199575824
0199575827

 
    
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