Download or read book War Surgery 1914 18 written by Thomas Scotland and published by Helion and Company. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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.
Download or read book War Surgery written by and published by . This book was released on 1918* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Abstracts of War Surgery written by United States. Surgeon-General's Office and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Abstracts of War Surgery 1918 written by Division of Surgery U. S. Surgeon Genera and published by . This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book Abstracts of War Surgery written by United States; Surgeon-General's Office and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book War Surgery written by Christos Giannou and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanying CD-ROM contains graphic footage of various war wound surgeries.
Download or read book A Time to Die and a Time to Live written by Tom Scotland and published by Helion. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work sets out to show how tremendous progress was made in the treatment of wounded soldiers during the Great War which significantly improved chances of survival. It describes ground breaking advances in resuscitation, anaesthesia and surgery which established the foundations of modern war surgery. It stresses the importance of blood transfusion. In 1914, definitive management of wounds took place at base hospitals after a journey which sometimes took days. Resuscitation was practically non- existent, anaesthesia was poor and surgical methods were hopelessly inadequate. Many soldiers developed catastrophic wound infections and died as a result of overwhelming sepsis when they should have survived. During the Second Boer War, surgeons followed the teaching of Joseph Lister who had introduced antiseptic surgery in 1867. Antiseptic dressings were applied to prevent harmful organisms gaining access to wounds which were considered sterile. Results were satisfactory, but the Boer War was fought in dry grasslands of the Transvaal and Orange Free State and most wounds were caused by rifle bullets fired from long range and of relatively low energy. The Great War on the Western Front was fought in richly manured fields of France and Flanders and wounds were caused by high energy shell fragments or bullets carrying potentially lethal organisms into their depths. Many wounds were sutured, and antiseptic dressings applied in dressing stations of field ambulances, before patients were transferred to base hospitals for definitive surgery. Results were appalling. Two pioneering surgeons challenged established doctrine and introduced new surgical methods against much opposition and hostility from clinicians who lacked vision to see beyond existing methods of treatment. Resuscitation and anaesthesia were transformed as knowledge increased and by 1917 blood transfusion became very important in improving survival. From May 1918, Field Ambulance Resuscitation Teams were employed by Australian medical personnel to deliver resuscitation and surgery to wounded soldiers within a very short time, saving limbs and lives. When hostilities were over, it was hoped by many that lessons learned during the conflict would be applied subsequently to civilian practice. Professional jealousy and rivalry sometimes prevented this from happening.
Download or read book Review of War Surgery and Medicine written by United States. Surgeon-General's Office and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 1226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Abstracts of War Surgery written by United States Surgeon-General's Office and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book A History of War Surgery written by John Wright and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the men and women who, throughout history, have pitted themselves against the destruction caused in battle.
Download or read book Abstracts of War Surgery written by United States Surgeon-General's Office and published by War College Series. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric. It also includes riveting first person accounts of historic battles and wars.Some of the books in this Series are reproductions of historical works preserved by some of the leading libraries in the world. As with any reproduction of a historical artifact, some of these books contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. We believe these books are essential to this collection and the study of war, and have therefore brought them back into print, despite these imperfections.We hope you enjoy the unmatched breadth and depth of this collection, from the historical to the just-published works.
Download or read book Medicine and Surgery in the Great War written by F. N. L. Poynter and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great War and the Birth of Modern Medicine written by Thomas Helling and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A startling narrative revealing the impressive medical and surgical advances that quickly developed as solutions to the horrors unleashed by World War I. The Great War of 1914-1918 burst on the European scene with a brutality to mankind not yet witnessed by the civilized world. Modern warfare was no longer the stuff of chivalry and honor; it was a mutilative, deadly, and humbling exercise to wipe out the very presence of humanity. Suddenly, thousands upon thousands of maimed, beaten, and bleeding men surged into aid stations and hospitals with injuries unimaginable in their scope and destruction. Doctors scrambled to find some way to salvage not only life but limb. The Great War and the Birth of Modern Medicine provides a startling and graphic account of the efforts of teams of doctors and researchers to quickly develop medical and surgical solutions. Those problems of gas gangrene, hemorrhagic shock, gas poisoning, brain trauma, facial disfigurement, broken bones, and broken spirits flooded hospital beds, stressing caregivers and prompting medical innovations that would last far beyond the Armistice of 1918 and would eventually provide the backbone of modern medical therapy. Thomas Helling’s description of events that shaped refinements of medical care is a riveting account of the ingenuity and resourcefulness of men and women to deter the total destruction of the human body and human mind. His tales of surgical daring, industrial collaboration, scientific discovery, and utter compassion provide an understanding of the horror that laid a foundation for the medical wonders of today. The marvels of resuscitation, blood transfusion, brain surgery, X-rays, and bone setting all had their beginnings on the battlefields of France. The influenza contagion in 1918 was an ominous forerunner of the frightening pandemic of 2020-2021. For anyone curious about the true terrors of war and the miracles of modern medicine, this is a must read.
Download or read book Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery written by Frederick Strange Kolle and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surgery in War Classic Reprint written by Alfred John Hull and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Surgery in War Which has been done in certain branches of military surgery, such as the surgery of gunshot wounds of the head, of peripheral nerves, and Of the blood vessels. Those, in short, who are familiar with the literature of war surgery will find in almost every chapter matter which is new and suggestive. That the views expressed herein will command assent in all quarters is not to be expected, but they are the outcome of practical experience and careful Observa tion, and as such are commended to the profession at large with the hope that they may prove Of service to those who are undertaking for the first time the treatment of wounds in war, and who can appreciate the value Of any help in fulfilling so. 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 Abstracts of War Surgery an Abstract of the War Literature of General Surgery That Has Been Published Since the Declaration of War in 1914 Primary written by United States. Surgeon-'s Office and published by . This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book War Supplement written by Fielding Hudson Garrison and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
