Allied Medicine in the Great War

The Medical Front and the People Who Fought

Jennifer S. Lawrence (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

175 Seiten

2018
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-352-00419-9 (ISBN)

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This book provides an overview of the history of allied medicine in the Great War. Based on both primary research and secondary literature, it offers a clear and concise account of medical treatment during the Great War, exploring the advancements of the period and the human experience of the medical war.As well as covering European medical work, the book draws on a range of American primary sources and texts in order to address the American medical experience of the First World War, an area that has been neglected by the existing literature.

This is an accessible exploration of the medical war, the people involved, and its impact. It is an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of history taking courses on medicine in war, the history of medicine or the Great War.

Jennifer S. Lawrence is Professor of History at Tarrant County College, USA.

Introduction
The Great War
Allied Medical Innovations
Medical Personnel
Soldiers and the Medical Front
Effects of the Medical Front in the Great War
Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	27.09.2018
Zusatzinfo	5 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	278 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-352-00419-4 / 1352004194
ISBN-13	978-1-352-00419-9 / 9781352004199
Zustand	Neuware