By Alfred Hitchcock , of Massachusetts , the appointment of Brigade - Surgeon of Volunteers , April 4 , 1862 . GENERAL ORDERS NO . 77 . War Department , Adjutant - General's Office , Washington , July 11 , 1862 .
This book will be of interest to anyone fascinated with life during the 1860s, the Civil War, the history of medicine, the history of Pittsburgh, Chambersburg, and their environs, and West Virginia, from where most of the letters were ...
The Medical Department: Medical Service in the War Against Japan
This book presents the complexity of Norman Bethune's unique activities and personality as they intersect with history: his engagement with medical, political, and military civil war players, as well as the Communist party * his cadaver ...
Concomitant cranial and ocular combat injuries during Operation Iraqi Freedom . J Trauma . 2009 ; 67 ( 3 ) : 516–520 . 248. Christine E. Maintaining Military Medical Skills During Peacetime : Outlining and Assessing a New Approach .
Fundamentals of Military Medicine
This volume offers a new cultural approach to the history of medicine and wounding in the First World War, placing personal experiences of pain into the social, cultural, and political contexts of military medical institutions.
Wounded is the story of the men and women who made it possible.
During the Peninsular War, for example, for every soldier dying of a wound, four succumbed to disease. This book examines the development and evolution of surgical practice against this overwhelming risk of death due to disease.
The is the recollection of combat in Europe during World War II of then naive, nineteen-year-old Army medic Robert L. Smith, responsible for saving the lives of severely wounded GIs under the worst possible conditions.