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“A most interesting book, both from a World War I historical perspective and from the major changes in medicine that are so well outlined.” —British Journal of Surgery The First World War resulted in appalling wounds that quickly became grossly infected. The medical profession had to rapidly modify its clinical practice to deal with the major problems presented by overwhelming sepsis. Besides risk of infection, there were many other issues to be addressed including casualty evacuation, anesthesia, the use of X-rays, and how to deal with disfiguring wounds—plastic surgery in its infancy. This book focuses closely on the human aspects of the surgery of warfare, and how developments in the understanding of combat injuries occurred. Ten essays covering a wide variety of topics, including the evacuation of casualties; anesthesia, shock, and resuscitation; pathology; X-rays; orthopedic wounds; abdominal wounds; chest wounds; wounds of the skull and brain; and the development of plastic surgery. All material is supported by an extensive number of figures, tables, and images. Those with a passion for the history of this period, even if they have no medical training, will find fascinating information about those surgeons who worked in Casualty Clearing Stations between 1914 and 1918—and laid the foundations for modern war surgery as practiced today.
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Excerpt from Abstracts of War Surgery: An Abstract of the War Literature of General Surgery That Has Been Published Since the Declaration of War in 1914 The preparation of these abstracts, in common with many of the other early war activities, was an emergency war measure. Much of the excellent surgical work which had developed as a result of French, English and Italian effort had to be appropriated by our medical personnel at a time least favorable for quiet mental effort. To meet the needs of the situation, the Division of General Surgery of the Surgeon Generals Office prepared, collected and arranged abstracts of the important general surgical papers bearing on war surgery; and, after having them mimeographed, distributed one hundred of them to various surgical instructors in the Army Surgical Schools, and to the surgical chiefs of the war hospitals. This limited issue of one hundred so far failed to meet the demand that we have acceded to the request for a wider distribution in printed form. The volume must of necessity be regarded merely as a condensed text for ready reference. Most of the abstracts have been used through the courtesy of Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Medical Record, the Military Surgeon, and the New York Medical Journal. Some articles in the British Medical Journal and in Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics were so fundamental that they were abstracted with a minimal amount of paraphrase. To all these journals and to any others that through inadvertence may not have been mentioned, we express the sincere thanks of the Surgeon General. 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.
The story of the men and women who, throughout history, have pitted themselves against the destruction caused in battle.
Excerpt from Abstracts of War Surgery: An Abstract of the War Literature of General Surgery That Has Been Published Since the Declaration of War in 1914 Wound Infections: Some New Methods for the Study of the Various Factors Which Come Into Consideration in Their Treatment. A. 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.