Download or read book The British Medical Officer on the Western Front written by Ian R. Whitehead and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Doctor on the Western Front written by John Hutton and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2013-08-19 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Owens Great War diary provides a vivid and complete narrative, seen from the perspective of an army doctor, of what it was like to live and fight in the trenches of the Western Front. Owens, a member of the original British expeditionary Force, the Old Contemptibles, was among the first British soldiers to set foot in France. He spent the next four years in the front line as a doctor and a diarist, an eyewitness to some of the most bitter and violent struggles of the greatest conflict the world had ever seen. His writing, edited and with a full introduction by John Hutton, gives us an inside view of the duties and experiences of a doctor tending the fighting troops, and it paints a graphic portrait of the daily lives of the men themselves. Henry Owens was born into a doctors family in Long Stratton, Norfolk in 1889. When war was declared in 1914, he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and was sent to France with the British Expeditionary Force. He served as a front-line medical officer throughout the conflict and he kept a diary and notes. After the war he used this material to assemble this meticulous account of his experiences. After being demobilized in 1919 he returned to civilian medical practice and married, but he died after a sudden illness in 1921, aged just 31. After the death of his wife in 1980, the diary came into the possession of the Imperial War Museum.
Download or read book A Doctor on the Western Front The Diary of Henry Owens 1914 1918 Large Print 16pt written by John Hutton and published by ReadHowYouWant. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Owens Great War diary provides a vivid and complete narrative, seen from the perspective of an army doctor, of what it was like to live and fight in the trenches of the Western Front. Owens, a member of the original British expeditionary Force, the 'Old Contemptibles', was among the first British soldiers to set foot in France. He spent the next four years in the front line as a doctor and a diarist, an eyewitness to some of the most bitter and violent struggles of the greatest conflict the world had ever seen. His writing, edited and with a full introduction by John Hutton, gives us an inside view of the duties and experiences of a doctor tending the fighting troops, and it paints a graphic portrait of the daily lives of the men themselves. Henry Owens was born into a doctor's family in Long Stratton, Norfolk in 1889. When war was declared in 1914 he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and was sent to France with the British Expeditionary Force. He served as a front - line medical officer throughout the conflict and he kept a diary and notes. After the war he used this material to assemble this meticulous account of his experiences. After being demobilized in 1919 he returned to civilian medical practice and married, but he died after a sudden illness in 1921, aged just 31. After the death of his wife in 1980, the diary came into the possession of the Imperial War Museum.
Download or read book Doctors in the Great War written by Ian R. Whitehead and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-11-14 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doctors played a bigger role in the First World War than in any other previous conflict. This reflected not only the War's unprecedented scale but a growing recognition of the need for proper medical cover. The RAMC had to be expanded to meet the needs of Britain's citizen army. As a result by 1918 some 13,000 doctors were on active service over half the nation's doctors.Strangely, historians have largely neglected the work of doctors during the War. Doctors in the Great War brings to light the thoughts and motivations of doctors who served in 1914-1918, by drawing on a wealth of personal experience documentation, as well as official military sources and the medical press. The author examines the impact of the War upon the medical profession and the Army. He looks at the contribution of medical students, and the extent to which new professional opportunities became available to women doctors.An insight into the breadth of responsibilities undertaken by Medical Officers is given through analysis of the work of various medical units on the Western Front, demonstrating the important role played by doctors in the maintenance of the Army's physical and mental well-being. The differences between civilian and military medicine are discussed with a consideration of the arrangements for the training of doctors, and an assessment of the difficulties faced by doctors in adapting to military priorities and dealing with new challenges such as gas poisoning, infected wounds and shell shock.Doctors in the Great War will undoubtedly appeal to general readers, students and specialists in the history of war and society, as well as to those with an interest in the medical profession.As featured in the Derby Telegraph, Dover Express and Kent & Sussex Courier
Download or read book Irish Doctors in the First World War written by P. J. Casey and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Landscapes of the First World War written by Selena Daly and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comparative and transnational study of landscapes in the First World War offers new perspectives on the ways in which landscapes were idealised, mobilised, interpreted, exploited, transformed and destroyed by the conflict. The collection focuses on four themes: environment and climate, industrial and urban landscapes, cross-cultural encounters, and legacies of the war. The chapters cover Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa and the US, drawing on a range of approaches including battlefield archaeology, military history, medical humanities, architecture, literary analysis and environmental history. This volume explores the environmental impact of the war on diverse landscapes and how landscapes shaped soldiers’ experiences at the front. It investigates how rural and urban locales were mobilised to cater to the demands of industry and agriculture. The enduring physical scars and the role of landscape as a crucial locus of memory and commemoration are also analysed. The chapter 'The Long Carry: Landscapes and the Shaping of British Medical Masculinities in the First World War' is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com.
Download or read book Medicine and Modern Warfare written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After years at the margins of medical history, the relationship between war and medicine is at last beginning to move centre-stage. The essays in this volume focus on one important aspect of that relationship: the practice and development of medicine within the armed forces from the late nineteenth century through to the end of the Second World War. During this crucial period, medicine came to occupy an important position in military life, especially during the two world wars when manpower was at a premium. Good medical provisions were vital to the conservation of manpower, protecting servicemen from disease and returning the sick and wounded to duty in the shortest possible time. A detailed knowledge of the serviceman's mind and body enabled the authorities to calculate and standardise rations, training and disciplinary procedures. Spanning the laboratory and the battlefield, and covering a range of national contexts, the essays in this volume provide valuable insights into different national styles and priorities. They also examine the relationship between medical personnel and the armed forces as a whole, by looking at such matters as the prevention of disease, the treatment of psychiatric casualties and the development of medical science. The volume as a whole demonstrates that medicine became an increasingly important part of military life in the era of modern warfare, and suggests new avenues and approaches for future study.
Download or read book The Doctor in War written by Woods Hutchinson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Doctor in War Believing that the doctor and the sanitarian would play an important and by no means discreditable part in this World War, after offering my services to friends on the British Army Medical Staff, only to find that they could not accept any one, save on the terms of taking the oath of allegiance and losing American citizenship, I decided to attempt to visit and study the medical arrangements on the Western Fronts. As I had more than half anticipated, I found there the finest and most triumphant demonstration of what modern science can do for the protection of the health and life of an army or a nation ever given in history, equaling if not surpassing the hitherto unrivaled victory of the forces which save life on the Panama Canal. Thanks to the personal kindness of the Secretary of War, Mr. Baker, and of my friend Colonel Roosevelt, together with the courtesy of my medical colleagues, I secured letters of introduction and papers which made me successful beyond my expectations in securing permission to see almost everything of any value or interest from a medical and public health point of view, from the Base Hospitals up to the Aid Posts in the front-line trenches and from the munition works and Training-Camps to the Hospital Ships and the British Fleet. 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.
Download or read book Australian Doctors on the Western Front written by Robert Likeman and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed account ofthe carnage on the Western Front from 1916-1918. This is the third volume in the series 'Doctors at War' written by Colonel RobertLikeman CSM, recently retired from the post of Director of Army Health in Canberra. Vols 1 and 2 were published by Slouch Hat Publications in 2010 and 2012. Likeman provides mini biographies of each of the 600+ Australian doctors, and the Australian Army Medical Corps units and hospitals, which served on the Western Front and in the training establishments in the UK. Each officer's medical qualifications are listed, along with any honoursand awards,
Download or read book Doctors in the Great War written by Ian R. Whitehead and published by Leo Cooper Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the role of the doctor in war, with reference to the Western front 1914-1918. It examines the system that was developed for recruiting medical officers, highlighting the tensions between civil and military needs, and the BMA's determination to protect the interests of the profession. Separate chapters deal with the position of medical students and the contribution of women doctors. The book looks at the training of doctors for war, and the differences that existed between military and civilian medicine. The Army's utilisation of doctors is assessed in the context of contemporary accusations that its organisation was wasteful and ignorant of the requirements of medical science. These issues are addressed through a discussion of evacuation procedures, the development of wound therapy and the provision for preventing and treating the diseases of war. The book concludes that, given their lack of preparation for a conflict on this scale, the British Medical Services were remarkably successful in rising to the challenge of war. Key Selling Points: * A comprehensive study of the British Medical Services during the Great War and how they dealt with a conflict of this scale, the likes of which had never been seen before. * Will appeal to all those with an interest in the First World War and the medical profession alike. Author Details: Dr Ian Whitehead was born in Manchester. Lecturer in Modern British History at The University of Derby. He has contributed to Facing Armageddon and Passchendaele in Perspective (both published by Leo Cooper). He now lives in Derby.
Download or read book Australian Doctors on the Western Front written by Robert Likeman and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed account of the carnage on the Western Front from 1916–1918. This is the third volume in the series 'Doctors at War' written by Colonel Robert Likeman CSM, recently retired from the post of Director of Army Health in Canberra. Vols 1 and 2 were published by Slouch Hat Publications in 2010 and 2012. Likeman provides mini biographies of each of the 600+ Australian doctors,and the Australian Army Medical Corps units and hospitals, which served on the Western Front and in the training establishments in the UK. Each officer's medical qualifications are listed, along with any honours and awards, and numerous photographs.
Download or read book With a Field Ambulance on the Western Front written by Herbert Bruce Low and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-06-27 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herbert Bruce Low served for 31/2 years as a doctor on the Western Front. He was involved in the evacuation and treatment of the wounded from some of the biggest battles of the war, including the Somme and Passchendaele, and was twice decorated for bravery. A civilian in uniform 'doing his bit' with endurance and good humour, he wrote home several times a week. His letters, written at all times of the day and night - in Belgian farmhouses and convent schools, in tents and huts, in French chateaux, or at the bottom of deep German-built dugouts - describe not only the medical work during military operations, but also some of the lighter moments during rest periods behind the lines. Illustrated with 11 maps and 43 images and supported by detailed explanatory notes, this is a remarkable day-by-day account of the life of a British military doctor during the First World War.
Download or read book The Army Medical Department 1775 1818 written by Mary C. Gillett and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appendices include laws and legislation concerning the Army Medical Department. Maps include those of territories and frontiers and Continental Army hospital locations. Illustrations are chiefly portraits.
Download or read book First World War Army Service Records written by William Spencer and published by National Archives UK. This book was released on 2008-07-14 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Archives' celebrated First World War holdings include personal files of officers and other ranks, campaign medals, gallantry and meritorious service awards, courts martial and casualty lists. Its remarkable collection has records of Dominion forces and the Indian Army, the WAAC, the Royal Flying Corps and RAF, as well as auxiliary and nursing services. Over 10,000 individual unit war diaries cover all operational theatres of the British Army, while original trench maps illustrates areas from the Western Front to Salonica, Gallipoli to Mesopotamia, Palestine to Italy.
Download or read book Florence Nightingale The Crimean War written by Lynn McDonald and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florence Nightingale is famous as the “lady with the lamp” in the Crimean War, 1854—56. There is a massive amount of literature on this work, but, as editor Lynn McDonald shows, it is often erroneous, and films and press reporting on it have been even less accurate. The Crimean War reports on Nightingale’s correspondence from the war hospitals and on the staggering amount of work she did post-war to ensure that the appalling death rate from disease (higher than that from bullets) did not recur. This volume contains much on Nightingale’s efforts to achieve real reforms. Her well-known, and relatively “sanitized”, evidence to the royal commission on the war is compared with her confidential, much franker, and very thorough Notes on the Health of the British Army, where the full horrors of disease and neglect are laid out, with the names of those responsible.
Download or read book Six Weeks written by John Lewis-Stempel and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2010 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Often fresh out of school, still with their recent Latin lessons fresh in their minds, many junior officers in the First World War went straight from being prefects to having to lead their men in a charge over the top, knowing that the German machine guns would be trained on the man at the front, knowing that so many of their predecessors had fallen before them. In this remarkable book, John Lewis-Stempel focuses on the oft-overlooked men who were crucial to Britain's war effort, the men who had to persuade the ordinary Tommy to follow them into action. Basing his account on a huge range of first person accounts, including poignant letters and diaries sent home or back to their school, Lewis-Stempel reveals what motivated these men who faced an average life expectancy of just six weeks once they reached the frontline. He shows the life they led in the trenches, how they sought to keep up the spirits of their men, and how they tried to behave with honour in a world where their codes of conduct were being quite literally shot to pieces."--Publisher's description.
Download or read book The Women of Royaumont written by Eileen Crofton and published by John Donald. This book was released on 1997 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story relates the wartime experiences of a group of women who ran a hospital near the trenches during World War I, often under conditions of great hardship. Told largely through letters home and diaries, this book throws light on wartime conditions and the cause of women's suffrage.
