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In this first history of the military ambulance, historian John S. Haller Jr. documents the development of medical technologies for treating and transporting wounded soldiers on the battlefield. Noting that the word ambulance has been used to refer to both a mobile medical support system and a mode of transport, Haller takes readers back to the origins of the modern ambulance, covering their evolution in depth from the late eighteenth century through World War I. The rising nationalism, economic and imperial competition, and military alliances and arms races of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries figure prominently in this history of the military ambulance, which focuses mainly on British and American technological advancements. Beginning with changes introduced by Dominique-Jean Larrey during the Napoleonic Wars, the book traces the organizational and technological challenges faced by opposing armies in the Crimean War, the American Civil War, the Franco-Prussian War, and the Philippines Insurrection, then climaxes with the trench warfare that defined World War I. The operative word is "challenges" of medical care and evacuation because while some things learned in a conflict are carried into the next, too often, the spasms of war force its participants to repeat the errors of the past before acquiring much needed insight. More than a history of medical evacuation systems and vehicles, this exhaustively researched and richly illustrated volume tells a fascinating story, giving readers a unique perspective of the changing nature of warfare in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Excerpt from The Western Sanitary Commission: A Sketch of Its Origin, History, Labors for the Sick and Wounded of the Western Armies, and Aid Given to Freedmen and Union Refugees, With Incidents of Hospital Life Soldiers' Home Established at St. Louis - Premiums Awarded to the Stewards and Wardmasters of the best Hospitals, and to the most Faithful Nurses - The Battle of Pittsburg Landing - Large Number of Wounded - Additional Hospital Steamers furnished - Volunteer Surgeons and Nurses - Additional Hospitals fitted up at St. Louis - Demand for Surgeons - Number of Sick and Wounded in the St. Louis Hospitals - Report of the Commission; Letter of the Commission to the Surgeon General - Scollay's Deodorizing Burial Case - Capture of Fort Pillow and Memphis - Opening of the Mississippi River to Vicksburg - Fitting out of the Naval Hospital Boat "Red Rover" - Arrival of Gen. Curtis' Army at Helena - Its Destitute Condition - Sickness of the Army at Helena - Sanitary Depot Established there - Overton Hospital at Memphis - Sick from the Army in Tennessee - Hospitals and Regiments Supplied - The Navy - Letter from Commodore Davis - An Earnest Appeal from the Commission - Generous Response from New England; Army of the Frontier - Agent sent to Springfield, Mo., with stores - Battles at Cross Hollows, Cane Hill, and Prairie Grove - Arrival of Rev. Mr. Newell at Fayetteville with ambulances and sanitary goods - His useful services - His death at a later period - Notice of his character - Flying hospitals - Additional hospitals at St. Louis - The Marine, Jefferson Barracks, and Lawson Hospitals - The diminishing per centage of deaths - The hopeful condition of the armies of the Union - The sympathy of the people with the soldiers - Prospects of ultimate victory; Gen. Sherman's first attack on Vicksburgh - Works assaulted - Severe losses to the Union arms - Hospital steamers bring the wounded to Memphis and St. Louis - Battle of Arkansas Post - More wounded brought to St.Louis - Delegation of the Ladies' Union Aid Society of St. Louis - Iowa State agent - Renewal of the expedition against Vicksburg, by Gen. Grant - Increased hospital accommodations required - Visit of Mr. Yeatman to Gen. Grant's army - His letter - Benton Barracks hospital, St. Louis - Additional hospitals at Memphis - The floating hospital, "City of Alton," the "Ruth," and "Glasgow" - Second visit of Mr. Yeatman to Gen. Grant's army - His report - Sanitary stores sent to Gen. Grant's army - Fall of Vicksburg - Its untitled heroes; Soldiers' Homes at Columbus, Ky., Memphis, Vicksburg, and Helena - Over 150,000 soldier guests entertained - Further account of the St. Louis hospitals - Whole number of patients treated - Number of deaths - Per centage of deaths - The Military prisons at St. Louis and Alton, Illinois - Humane treatment of sick prisoners. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.